Demystifying Projective Identification
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Projective identification is a process whereby unwanted split-off parts of the self are forced into the object so as to control the object from inside. Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts, Auchincloss & Samberg, ed. 2012Here’s an example: A supervisee, we’ll call …