title: Red beavers and building bridges between assessment and treatment.
abstract: In this article, I present a case involving early object loss in which I both assessed the patient and treated her. Assessment revealed a particular object relational defensive structure-a false self. The concept false self was then used as a bridge to treatment. The case is discussed from several perspectives including the clinical inference process, the relationship between assessment and treatment, and the vicissitudes of early object loss.
authors.affiliation: P.O. Box 800, 7-9 Washington Street, Camden, Maine 04843-1533, USA.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lerner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012392:Rorschach Test; D012649:Self Concept