caa a22 4500 477105033 CHVBK 20180405111551.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02189729 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02189729 Clark Karla 965 Lovell Avenue, 94941, Mill Valley, CA aut The nowhere (wo)man: An example of the defensive use of emptiness in a patient with a schizoid disorder of the self [Elektronische Daten] [Karla Clark] Schizoid patients often appear bland or faintly repellant to other people and equally often describe themselves as empty and without a self. One aspect of this emptiness is defensive in nature. It is born of the desire to protect the self. Unfortunately, however, defensive emptying serves to weaken the very thing the individual is trying to protect. This article discusses why a person develops this particular method of self protection; describes the devices that serve to sustain the illusion of emptiness; and what happens when, the emptiness begins to give way. A case discussion is used for illustration. Human Sciences Press, Inc., 1996 schizoid nationallicence object relations/schizoid nationallicence emptiness nationallicence defense/emptiness nationallicence Clinical Social Work Journal Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 24/2(1996-06-01), 153-166 0091-1674 24:2<153 1996 24 10615 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02189729 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02189729 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Clark Karla 965 Lovell Avenue, 94941, Mill Valley, CA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clinical Social Work Journal Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press 24/2(1996-06-01), 153-166 0091-1674 24:2<153 1996 24 10615 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer