Aggression, containment, and treatment enactments in the psychodynamics of limit setting.

doi:10.1521/jaap.2010.38.2.341

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Aggression, containment, and treatment enactments in the psychodynamics of limit setting.

Published Jun 7, 2010 · C. Henry

The journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

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Abstract

Limit setting has an important role in psychotherapeutic treatment. Despite this, the psychodynamics of limit setting have been a largely neglected topic in the literature. This article will present a theoretical discussion on the psychodynamics of limit setting particularly as it relates to the parent-child and the therapist-patient relationship. The central roles of aggression and impulse containment will be reviewed along with an overview of the relationship between limit setting and projective identification. Potential enactments that occur during the treatment of limit testing patients will be examined. Case material of the treatment of a child with a disruptive behavior disorder will be used to elaborate the discussion.

Study Snapshot

Limit setting in psychotherapeutic treatment involves aggression, impulse containment, and projective identification, with potential enactments during treatment.

PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)

Sample size24

MethodsObservational

OutcomesBody Mass Index projections

ResultsSocial networks mitigate obesity in older groups.

Aggression, containment, and treatment enactments in the psychodynamics of limit setting.

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