transmuting internalization

in self psychology, significant changes and growth that can occur in a patient during treatment as the empathic failures that he or she experienced in early life are recognized and acknowledged by the therapist or analyst. [first described by Austrian-born U.S. psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut (1913–1981)]

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Psychology term of the day

May 9th 2024

hybristophilia

n. sexual interest in and attraction to those who commit crimes. In some cases, this may be directed toward people in prison for various types of criminal activities.