Object Relations Theory Flashcards
Define Object Relations Theory
Pathology is defined as unresolved family of origin pain from the past that fosters unhealthy projections and reactivity in the present.
What does Object Relations Theory maintain regarding how adult personality is formed?
ORT views the infant’s experiences in relationship to the mother or main caregiver as the main determinant of adult personality.
Who are the key 3 key therapists associated with Object Relations Theory?
Sigmund Freud, Melanie Klein and Ronald Fairbairn
What does Object Relation Family Therapy seek to do?
Make the unconscious, conscious.
When can Object Relations Family Therapy be useful?
When MFTs suspect repressed painful wounds are surfacing in the therapy room.
What is the basic human need that Object Relations therapist emphasize?
The basic human need that people have is for attachment and relationship to others/
What key names are associated with Object Relations Family Therapy?
James Framo, Nathan Ackerman, David and Jill Scharff, and Samuel Slipp
Describe the Self-Object Concept.
The basic human need for RELATIONSHIP and ATTACHMENT to others. Therapist assess how people relate to others based on pass expectations developed for early experience with primary attachment objects - mothers.
Making the unconscious conscious has the goal of what?
Resolving past wounds to positively impact the well being and health of the family at the individual, couple, and family level.
What is a rejecting object?
An internal mental representation of the caregiver which interrelated with moments/instances when the child’s needs for attachment were rejected, leading to anger and/or some other negative emotion.
