About the therapy
Ego-structuring psychotherapy
One application of the Lacanian theory is a specific cognitive psychotherapy
with psychotics and borderline personalities. The strategy is to use the client's
narcissism to promote a structuring of the deficient ego.
Ego-structuring psychotherapy brings, according to the theory of Jacques
Lacan, the Name of the Father into effect, so that the psychotic person becomes
linguistically structured and develops his/her view of the world, and he/she
becomes a historically identified person leading a fulfilling life.
The Greek myth of Ariadne with the red thread can be used as an analogy for
the therapeutic setting. The psychotherapist uses a non-polarizing way of
talking, in order to frame a dialogue and to avoid contradictions with the
client. By holding the main thread the psychotherapist takes an active part
in the therapeutic process, as the client develops his/her linguistic structure
and pleads his/her own cause.
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