Abstract
The authors examined dysfunctional thinking patterns in borderline personalities as related to particular arrests in the separation-individuation process. Four variations of disordered thinking are discussed with clinical examples as manifested in the treatment situation. In each case, thinking itself has been transformed into a rigid defensive maneuver rather than being used in the service of consideration of alternatives or the integration of the new, the spontaneous, or the unusual experience.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 543-552 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1979 |
| Externally published | Yes |