Autistic Defenses in Agoraphobic Syndrome
“Flat” Objects and the Retardation of Projective Identification
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8335654 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Duncan Cartwright (0000-0002-9421-0644, 15/2 Dines Place Bruce, 2617 Canberra, AUSTRALIA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-134 |
| Publication date | 2006-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00030651060540010701 |
| PMID | 16602349 |
| OpenAlex | W2119978889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
The function of autistic defenses in the generation of agoraphobic symptoms is explored in the case of a patient treated in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The therapist's growing awareness of autistic modes of relating in the case facilitated various changes in the transference relationship. Although oedipal concerns are seen as important, a formulation is presented whereby autistic modes of generating experience are viewed as fundamental to an understanding of agoraphobic experience. Clinical findings in the transference-countertransference relationship led to the additional observation that the retardation of defensive forms of projective identification further contributed to the patient's agoraphobic difficulties. This formulation is tied theoretically to the idea that agoraphobic experience occurs when the dialectic between paranoid-schizoid and autistic-contiguous modes of generating experience collapses. The treatment implications of these observations are briefly explored
Agoraphobia · Anxiety · Anxiety disorder · Countertransference · Dialectic · Epistemology · Identification (biology) · Projective identification · Projective test · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |