Projective Identification

Projective identification is a complex, nebulous concept in Kleinian psychoanalysis. In a well-known paper, Thomas Ogden describes it as

a group of fantasies and accompanying object relations having to do with the ridding of the self of unwanted aspects of the self; the depositing of those unwanted 'parts' into another person; and finally, with the 'recovery' of a modified version of what was extruded.

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The following pages link to this page:

• Alpha Function, Alpha Elements, Beta Elements
• Bion and Thoughts Too Deep For Words
• Projective Identification, Countertransference, and the Struggle for Understanding Over Acting Out
• Projective Identification, a Contemporary Introduction
• Wilfred Bion