What sense can we make of all this? First, I have to say that it's all true. We cannot solve the inconsistencies and confusions by splitting off unwanted bits, projecting them across the Atlantic and saying, 'The problem is not in us but in them'. That is, we cannot tidy up projective identification by employing a conscious, theoretical version of the self-same mechanism.
BENIGN AND VIRULENT PROJECTIVE IDENTIFICATION IN GROUPS AND INSTITUTIONS
