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Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study
Includes bibliography.
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| author | Fielding, Ann |
| author2 | Swartz, Sally |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10482 Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study Fielding, Ann Swartz, Sally Clinical Psychology Includes bibliography. In this dissertation I explore the underlying psychological function of the competitive behaviour of an 11-year-old boy, whom I treated in individual psychotherapy. I postulate that his competitiveness functioned partly as a self-invigorating compensation, and partly as a defense against an injury to the self. I emphasize the fact that it is difficult, in practice, to recognize compensatory versus defensive structures in that the behaviour and affect fluctuates such that these internal structures are at times helpful to the patient, and at times harmful in the sense that they obscure the underlying self injury. I suggest that inclusion of the intersubjective field was essential in assisting me, as the therapist, to recognize the defensive or compensatory nature of the patient's affect and behaviour at any given time. Thus, the intersubjective field is included - my responses, the personal material evoked and the relationship dynamic between the patient and I - as an essential aspect of working with the patient's competitiveness. 2014-12-29T05:01:07Z 2014-12-29T05:01:07Z 2003 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10482 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Clinical Psychology Fielding, Ann Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study |
| title_full | Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study |
| title_fullStr | Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study |
| title_short | Recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field : a case study |
| title_sort | recognising the compensatory or defensive nature of competitive behaviour via dynamics in the intersubjective field a case study |
| topic | Clinical Psychology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10482 |
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