Projective Identification

by Robert Waska

This clear and thoughtful book by Robert Waska provides an accessible introduction to Projective Identification and the role it plays in internal and external life. Waska explores how Projective Identification is the foundation for much of psychic life, driving internal phantasy, influencing interpersonal behavior, and contributing to the transference/countertransference environment. This book contains several case studies which explore and expand on the concepts described and which demonstrate how a psychotherapist can understand, contain, and interpret the states patients seek help with. Additionally, this book introduces a clinical technique which is intended to tame the underlying emotional conflicts. Part of the popular Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis series, this book will be essential to students of psychoanalysis, as well as academics and practitioners familiarising themselves with Projective Identification in a clinical setting.

Genres: Psychoanalysis, Psychology

122 pages, Paperback

Published December 13, 2021

Reviews

[Simon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well written with a lot of examples. However it stays a bit vague as the author seems to consider all elements of psychodynamic problems as projective identification, which paradoxically leaves the reader wondering what exactly he means by PI.