WHEN WORDS KILL

The transition from the paranoid-schizoid to the depressive position in psychotherapy. A case study.

Forfattere

  • Birgitte Diderichsen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v21i2.133638

Resumé

In the article I am presenting a single case study focusing on the patient’s speech. The patient is a 32 years old woman, suffering from a severe personality disorder. My purpose is to illustrate how the development from a fragmented speech to a coherent text corresponds to the development of relating to the object (the therapist), conceptualized as a development from the paranoid-schizoid to the depressive position.

Forfatterbiografi

Birgitte Diderichsen

Birgitte Diderichsen er cand.psych. og professor i klinisk psykologi, Psykologisk Institut, Aarhus Universitet.

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Publiceret

2022-08-04

Citation/Eksport

Diderichsen, B. (2022). WHEN WORDS KILL: The transition from the paranoid-schizoid to the depressive position in psychotherapy. A case study. Psyke & Logos, 21(2). https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v21i2.133638