Processes in psychotherapy and the MATRIX: The case of projective identification

Shlomo Mendlovic; Ariel Ben Yehuda; Amit Saad; Aryeh Sopher; Adiel Doron

doi:10.1521/pdps.2018.46.3.393

Processes in psychotherapy and the MATRIX: The case of projective identification

Shlomo Mendlovic^*, Ariel Ben Yehuda, Amit Saad, Aryeh Sopher, Adiel Doron

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Psychiatry

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Abstract

The MATRIX is a tool designed to analyze psychoanalytic sessions. It is composed of two axes: focus (patient, therapist, and dyad) and dimension (space, content, and order). The MATRIX was found to be a reliable tool, and valid for identifying the therapist's theoretical inclinations in psychoanalytic-oriented psychotherapy sessions. In the present study, we suggest that the MATRIX can identify different (Kleinian, Bionian, and relational) approaches to projective identification, thus providing therapists and supervisors an easy-to-use tool for monitoring, and better managing, projective identifications during psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapy.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	393-410
Number of pages	18
Journal	Psychodynamic Psychiatry
Volume	46
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1521/pdps.2018.46.3.393
State	Published - Sep 2018

Keywords

MATRIX
PI
Process analysis
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy

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