Psychoanalysis.  2017 Jul;28(3):51-57. 10.18529/psychoanal.2017.28.3.51.

Non-Interpretative Analytic Techniques for Sicker Borderline Patients

• Yu J
• Ha JH

• KMID: 2391395
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.18529/psychoanal.2017.28.3.51

Abstract

Borderline personalities are known to be associated with sick and difficult patients in analysis. Sometimes usual interpretation in treating borderline personality patients is of no use due to the lack of acceptable attitude from these patients. Usually, non-interpretative analytic techniques such as containing (understanding of projective identification), holding, mirroring, scaffolding, blending, empathizing, and clarification of patients' status and affect are used before interpretations. These non-interpretative analytic techniques have been effective in treating sick borderline personality patients, especially when patients were not ready to accept interpretations. Various kinds of non-interpretative analytic techniques were reviewed in this study. Through this process, it was found that the effectiveness of these non-interpretative analytic techniques were not only prerequisites of therapeutic alliance for interpretation, but also independent therapeutic factors for the interaction between patients and analysts in treating sick patients with borderline personality.

Keyword

Non-interpretative analytic techniques; Borderline personality; Containing; Projective identification; Holding; Mirroring; Scaffolding; Blending; Empathizing; Clarification; Psychoanalysis

MeSH Terms

Humans
Psychoanalysis