This book examines the projective identification and its clinical uses from a Kleinian perspective. It applies the perspective of projective identification to various aspects of the psychotherapy of borderline and schizophrenic patients.
Introduction -- The Concept of Projective Identification -- Issues of Technique -- Contrasting Psychoanalytic Approaches -- The Developmental Impact of Excessive Maternal Projective Identification -- Psychiatric Hospital Treatment -- The Nature of Schizophrenic Conflict -- Treatment of the Schizophrenic State of Nonexperience
