In the world of psychoanalytic psychology, “projective identification” straddles two main meanings. The first refers to a type of projection in which a person hates something about themselves and then perceives those hated traits in someone else—sometimes accurately, and sometimes distorting that other person’s actions to support this projection—which can then cause that second person to internalize this perception and adopt those traits.
Projective Identification
Projective Identification
Projective Identification
In the world of psychoanalytic psychology, “projective identification” straddles two main meanings. The first refers to a type of projection in which a person hates something about themselves and then perceives those hated traits in someone else—sometimes accurately, and sometimes distorting that other person’s actions to support this projection—which can then cause that second person to internalize this perception and adopt those traits.