Play Changes Us
Playing the Object, Becoming the Analyst
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8336386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ken Corbett (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 263-282 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-01 |
| 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 | 10.1177/00030651221097416 |
| PMID | 35635392 |
| OpenAlex | W4281804884 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 14 |
The manner in which play changes us is examined, with particular attention to the role of paradox. Sustaining paradox and illusory experiencing are held as key to the framework of psychoanalysis for patient and analyst alike. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which the analyst becomes a potential object of change through playing. The transitive hospitality of playing is examined in the treatment of a four-year-old boy, and in his resurrection of a near-dead mother and her neglected child. This treatment is examined in order to better understand the preoccupation of playing within illusion, as opposed to quickly naming play content. Playing is itself transformative, prior to any reflection or interpretation that may follow
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Hospitality · Illusion · Interpretation (philosophy) · Object (grammar) · Order (exchange) · Psychoanalysis · Reflection (computer programming) · Transformative learning · Transitive relation · Child Therapy and Development · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
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Intuiting the Truth of What’s Happening
Beyond Doer and Done To
The Logic of Play in Psychoanalysis
A theory of the setting
Illusion as a Basic Psychic Principle
The Collected Works of D. W. Winnicott
Playing in the Darkness
| Citations per year | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |