Projective Identification in Group Psychotherapy

Bibliographic Data

ID14775294
AuthorsJames F Zender (Department of Psychiatry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Psychological Trauma, Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume24
Issue2
Pages117-129
Publication date1991-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGroup Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0533-3164 • E-ISSN: 1461-717X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0533316491242003
OpenAlexW2023776378
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

The concept of projective identification and its clinical utility are illustrated by material from long-term open-ended psychotherapy groups in a psychiatric day hospital programme. Projective identification is discussed in relationship to the impact of trauma, in an attempt to further clarify the roles of trauma and intense affects (particularly rage) in the regressive defensive activation of projective identifications within groups and individuals

Group psychotherapy · Projective identification · Projective test · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychological Testing and Assessment · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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