Transference-counter-transference constellations and enactments in the psychotherapy of destructive narcissism

Authors
Ivey, G
Citation
G. Ivey, Transference-counter-transference constellations and enactments in the psychotherapy of destructive narcissism, BR J MED PS, 72, 1999, pp. 63-74
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Clinical Psycology & Psychiatry
Journal title
BRITISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY
ISSN journal
00071129 → ACNP
Volume
72
Year of publication
1999
Part
1
Pages
63 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1129(199903)72:<63:TCAEIT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Destructive narcissism, characterized by a perverse alliance between the se lf and an omnipotent bad internal object, constitutes a serious obstacle to psychoanalytic psychotherapy. This paper draws together various object rel ations theories of destructive narcissism, and presents a case study of a f ailed psychotherapy to illustrate the transference-counter-transference con stellations and their associated enactments in treatment of this disturbanc e.