Chapter 3 Neoanalytic: Video

Neo-analytic Session: Dr. Jill Scharff

This seems to relate to Object Relations (OR) and the two phases described with in the Neoanalytic approach theory. In some ways his narrative might be described in both phases. The paranoid-schizoid phase, or the back and forth between good and bad emotions sounds similar to his description of conversations he has with his mother. The guilt he describes feeling after a conversation in which he perceives he hurt her, or the thought of informing her of his changed feelings about the baby shower. Both of these statements relates to the depressive phase, where the child wishes to repair the relationship with the mother after realizing negative feelings towards her.