title: Projective identification as a self-psychological change agent in the psychotherapy of a child.
abstract: The psychotherapy of a 10-year-old boy is used to demonstrate the usefulness of idealizing and mirroring transferences to help patients move from a state of lack of selfhood and self-differentiation to the development of self-structures that provide strength and self-esteem. Projective identification is presented as a therapeutic technique that can be used to facilitate this process by aiding the internalization of mirroring and idealization functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Alaska-Anchorage 99508.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brems
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D004532:Ego; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011385:Projection; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D014167:Transference, Psychology