Working in the metaphor commentary on paper by Stephen Seligman

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Dent, Vivian
Case, Laurie
机构
[1] Calif Pacific Med Ctr, San Francisco, CA 94109 USA
[2] San Francisco Psychoanalyt Soc & Inst, San Francisco, CA 94109 USA
[3] Access Inst San Francisco, Berkeley, CA 94709 USA
[4] San Francisco Psychoanalyt Soc & Inst, Berkeley, CA 94709 USA
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10.1080/10481880701413546
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B84-0 [心理学理论];
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040201 ;
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This paper expands on Seligman's ideas about mentalization and the challenges of working with patients who cannot mentalize. Seligman's clinical presentation demonstrates that much valuable analytic work takes place without explicit reference to the transference. Drawing on Britton's notion of the triangular internal space that allows for reflective thought, we propose that analytic interest in an external object, discovered through the relationship and meaningful to both patient and analyst, helps create the same kind of space. The difference-within-sameness of shared contemplation can increase receptivity to divergent perspectives. Likewise, the "third object" can become a therapeutic metaphor, open to various meanings without being limited to any one interpretation. We trace how Seligman and his patient use a series of third objects in their work together. In this process, the patient moves from a transitional relationship of minimal differentiation to an increasingly secure sense of her own separateness, beginning to accept, and even enjoy, having a motivated mind of her own. Finally, we discuss how Ferro's concept of the analytic field offers a theoretical rationale for the effectiveness of this process.
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页码:345 / 355
页数:11
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