Contemporary application of Ferenczi: co-constructing past truamatic experiences through dream analysis

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The contemporary use of Sandor Ferenczi's psychoanalytic theory is discussed, focusing on the role of constructivism to dream analysis. Topics addressed include transference and countertransference, and an approach to treatment that considers the relationship between therapist and patient, as well as the multiplicity of meanings generated from their interaction.

Care and treatment, Methods, Psychoanalysts, Countertransference (Psychology), Psychic trauma, Trauma (Psychology), Dreams, Dream analysis, Ferenczi, Sandor

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Discussion of 'Why do people stay in hateful relationships? The concept of malignant vindictiveness' by Nathan M. Horwitz

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The author examines further the relationship of the dysfunctional couple used as a case study in Horwitz's article. She looks at the psychological reasons that this couple stayed together long enough to reach Horwitz' point of malignant vindictiveness and see how they supported, in an unhealthy way, each other's dreams.

Marital psychotherapy, Couples therapy, Authorship, Interpersonal relations, Interpersonal conflict, Horwitz, Nathan M.

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A psychoanalytic contribution to psychic vampirism: a case vignette

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Psychic vampirism is described as a phenomenon that occurs in a relationship where the unfulfilled needs of an individual drain the emotional energy from another person. This dynamic has shown to be the result of a relationship between a needy, self-absorbed mother and her dependent child.

Causes of, Portrayals, Anxiety, Mother and child, Mother-child relations, Vampires, Need (Psychology), Need

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