TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Female aggression: a family conundrum
JO  - International journal of forensic psychotherapy
A1  - Doctor, Ronald
SP  - 176
EP  - 183
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - This article examines a family therapy case involving a woman who was violent to her children and partner where conscious and unconscious paranoid beliefs were manifested in projective identification and sadomasochistic liaisons between the children and/or partner. I will illustrate how apparent social appropriateness covered up an extremely disturbed personal relationship. I will explore how this paranoid and perverse relationship arises from the use of a particular type of defensive organisation. This is characterised by a mostly narcissistic and unyielding defence, namely projective identification, which functions to help the patient avoid knowing about her aggression and anxiety by avoiding connection with other people and with reality.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2632-0118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -