The structural analysis of two types of transference is presented accompanied by clinical examples.
P2 transference is presented as the reenactment of actual rackets and games played with parents as they were perceived and recorded by the patient; it is accessible to treatment approaches directed at first order structures.
P1 transference (P1 + and P1_) are presented as projections of good objects or bad objects owing to immature P1 functioning (mainly borderline conditions and pathological narcissism). These conditions are not accessible to A2 decontamination, to C2 redecision or to reparenting; therefore, we describe a new methodology, the TA Psychodynamic Approach, for use in these cases.
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