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Journal of Korean Psychoanalytic Society 2022 Volume.33 No. 2 p.31 ~ p.35
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Holding and Its Clinical Vignettes
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Jang Hong-Suk
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Abstract
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Contrary to Freud, who understood childhood state of mind through observation and understanding of adult patients, Winnicott, as a pediatrician, directly observed numerous children, mothers, and their interactions in his practice and postulated his theory of childhood state of mind as either healthy or pathologic. Among his contributions to psychoanalysis, ¡®holding¡¯ and ¡®good enough mother¡¯ are concepts of interest in this paper. Winnicott, as well as other theorists after S. Freud has been known for paving the way into understanding and treating so-called ¡®sicker¡¯ patients such as borderline patients. In this paper, I illustrate and discuss a couple of clinical vignettes to understand and help the patient in an emotionally overwhelmed state. Particularly I highlight the differentiation of the real and fantasy and/or mentalization of the patient through the proper clinical application of the ¡®holding¡¯.
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KEYWORD
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Holding, Mentalization, Reality testing, Fantasy
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