Citation

Charisius-Weiss V. Kinderanalyse 2012; 20(4): 263-281.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012)

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Abstract

The article begins with a discussion of Bion's concept of "catastrophic change." Change of this kind leads to the disruption of framing structures followed by a subsequent state of chaos where one cannot foresee the way things will turn out. In terms of psychoanalytic treatment, the upshot may be a psychotic breakdown or attempted suicide that cannot be contained within an analytic framework. In the example discussed here, the author describes how the analyst's and the patient's shared fear of such catastrophic change led to joint withdrawal and how difficult it was for them to free themselves from the Situation.

Language: de

Keywords

Supervision; Suicidality; Catastrophic change; Folie ä deux; Fragmentation anxiety