The authors claim that projective identification in the process of analysis should be considered in a circumscribed manner and seen as a very specific type of communication between the patient and the ...

Feeling uncomfortable? Don't know why? Learn more about projective identification. Source: Photo by Comstock for Photo Images via Canva By John Burton, M.D. In uncomfortable situations with another ...

In the realm of narcissistic abuse, there's a covert and lesser-explored form known as "projective identification." It's a psychological maneuver, a subtle, yet powerful tool often used by individuals ...

The article focuses on the communicative aspect of projective identification. By distinguishing between “communicative potential” and “communicative intention” and applying this distinction to the ...

Curiously enough, the concept of projective identification was ignored, and even rejected in France for at least two decades after the publication of the founding texts of Melanie Klein and Herbert ...