caa a22 4500 469064218 CHVBK 20180323132903.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00945985 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00945985 Levitt Jeanette 45 East 9th Street, Apt. 75, 10003, New York, NY aut An examination of some common denominators in the borderline syndrome [Elektronische Daten] [Jeanette Levitt] Commonalities in borderline patients are examined in an empirical study of three such cases in long-term psychoanalytic treatment with the author. Each case shows the preoedipal feature of a need to repeat the early maternal environment sensed as both deadly and indispensable. These mutually exclusive polarities continued to be experienced as co-existent through a significant degree of primary process functioning. Separation-individuation was arrested and self-object transferences and persecutory anxiety were evidenced. Some ego growth occurred concomitant with therapy and ongoing life circumstances. More reality life forces were released as opposed to unconscious victimization in life-death trap experiences. Human Sciences Press, Inc, 1992 Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 22/3(1992-09-01), 195-205 0022-0116 22:3<195 1992 22 10879 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00945985 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00945985 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Levitt Jeanette 45 East 9th Street, Apt. 75, 10003, New York, NY aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 22/3(1992-09-01), 195-205 0022-0116 22:3<195 1992 22 10879 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer