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Introduction* The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2016, 76, (313–321) 2016 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/16 www.palgrave.com/journals In these pages... Endre Koritar HEALING THROUGH PSYCHOANALYSIS Ferenczi was invested in using psychoanalysis as a tool for helping the healing process in individuals who were traumatized, scarred, and damaged by environmental, interpersonal events, often perpetrated by close family members. Acts of commission or omission by a narcissistic significant other can damage the tender developing psyche by causing fragmentation of the self, dissociation and identification with the aggressor, which in turn can cause pathological distortions in personality development. Gurevich (2016), referring to Ferenczi, Winnicott, and Nancy Smith, suggests that the self has innate survival mechanisms, such as identification with the aggressor (Ferenczi, 1932, 1933), false self-formation (Winnicott, 1959), and Orpha function (Smith, 1999), that help to preserve the self’s contact with reality through dissociation and suppression of the fragmented, vulnerable true self. Orpha function coheres the fragmented parts of the self, albeit at a price: dissociation, flash-backs, nightmares, and other triggers that can plague the child and, later, the adult. The Orpha function is precipitated in an interpersonal context subsequent to physical, sexual, or emotional trauma. Resolution of the fragmentation and restoration http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Introduction*

Koritar, Endre
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 76 (4) – Sep 19, 2016
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2016 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
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10.1057/s11231-016-9050-9
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28077844
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2016, 76, (313–321) 2016 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/16 www.palgrave.com/journals In these pages... Endre Koritar HEALING THROUGH PSYCHOANALYSIS Ferenczi was invested in using psychoanalysis as a tool for helping the healing process in individuals who were traumatized, scarred, and damaged by environmental, interpersonal events, often perpetrated by close family members. Acts of commission or omission by a narcissistic significant other can damage the tender developing psyche by causing fragmentation of the self, dissociation and identification with the aggressor, which in turn can cause pathological distortions in personality development. Gurevich (2016), referring to Ferenczi, Winnicott, and Nancy Smith, suggests that the self has innate survival mechanisms, such as identification with the aggressor (Ferenczi, 1932, 1933), false self-formation (Winnicott, 1959), and Orpha function (Smith, 1999), that help to preserve the self’s contact with reality through dissociation and suppression of the fragmented, vulnerable true self. Orpha function coheres the fragmented parts of the self, albeit at a price: dissociation, flash-backs, nightmares, and other triggers that can plague the child and, later, the adult. The Orpha function is precipitated in an interpersonal context subsequent to physical, sexual, or emotional trauma. Resolution of the fragmentation and restoration

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