The invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patient

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dc.contributor.advisorSwartz, Sallyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCullinan, Mary Annen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-02T13:21:09Z
dc.date.available2014-10-02T13:21:09Z
dc.date.issued2004en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 77-79).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I use the case study to understand and interpret the manifested transference-countertransference anxiety in the therapy as it was expressed largely through the patient's and the therapist's paranoia. The experience of the sense of aliveness and deadness in the therapeutic hour, and the function that this interactive space have played in pointing me to my patient's internal object world and her object relations are explored in terms of their usefulness in understanding the therapeutic impasse. I suggest that my patient's 'substitute formations' in the place of good object relating, reflected in the perverse pleasure she obtained from what has been termed 'violent innocence', for some time masked the lifelessness of the analysis. I think the denial of others' perceptions that violent innocence entails to intersubjective theories of mutual recognition, and trace the failure to successfully negotiate the 'crisis of recognition' in early childhood to the maintenance of a magical omnipotence in adult relating. I explore how the domination of intrapsychic contents negatively affects the successful development in the individual of empathy, concern and connected ness. I examine the way in which supportive therapeutic techniques in the therapy of patients with borderline attachment difficulties may well provide temporary adjustments, but run the risk of failing to provide for a higher level of psychic integration beyond support for the development of a false self. I look at the way in which the false self may emerge as a distortion of the 'dense logics of deception' that are paradoxically involved in the negotiation of a shared reality with others.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCullinan, M. A. (2004). <i>The invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patient</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7992en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCullinan, Mary Ann. <i>"The invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patient."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7992en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCullinan, M. 2004. The invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patient. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cullinan, Mary Ann AB - In this thesis I use the case study to understand and interpret the manifested transference-countertransference anxiety in the therapy as it was expressed largely through the patient's and the therapist's paranoia. The experience of the sense of aliveness and deadness in the therapeutic hour, and the function that this interactive space have played in pointing me to my patient's internal object world and her object relations are explored in terms of their usefulness in understanding the therapeutic impasse. I suggest that my patient's 'substitute formations' in the place of good object relating, reflected in the perverse pleasure she obtained from what has been termed 'violent innocence', for some time masked the lifelessness of the analysis. I think the denial of others' perceptions that violent innocence entails to intersubjective theories of mutual recognition, and trace the failure to successfully negotiate the 'crisis of recognition' in early childhood to the maintenance of a magical omnipotence in adult relating. I explore how the domination of intrapsychic contents negatively affects the successful development in the individual of empathy, concern and connected ness. I examine the way in which supportive therapeutic techniques in the therapy of patients with borderline attachment difficulties may well provide temporary adjustments, but run the risk of failing to provide for a higher level of psychic integration beyond support for the development of a false self. I look at the way in which the false self may emerge as a distortion of the 'dense logics of deception' that are paradoxically involved in the negotiation of a shared reality with others. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 T1 - The invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patient TI - The invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patient UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7992 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/7992
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCullinan MA. The invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patient. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 2004 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7992en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleThe invincible defeat of a violent innocent : entertaining paradox and paranoia in the therapy of a borderline patienten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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