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  • Title: Primitive processes, metaphor, and recognition in the treatment of traumatic loss.
    Author: Ansorge W.
    Journal: Psychoanal Rev; 2012 Dec; 99(6):795-826. PubMed ID: 23253058.
    Abstract:
    This paper explores how traumatic loss and emotional abuse ruptured a patient's symbolic process and shattered her experience of the reality of her self. In treatment, metaphoric investigation of physical processes of expulsion and incorporation led to a transformation of projective identification into the containment she sought. The therapist's ability to metabolize pain, shame, and the risks of incestuous merger re-experienced in the treatment grew out of his recognition of disturbing experiences of his own that she brought to life. Mutual recognition, linked to the therapist's reverie, was a key treatment factor as both patient and therapist changed.
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