Why it matters
Explains intense relational dynamics.
Core term · Melanie Klein
Projective Identification
A way of placing a feeling we can't hold into another person, so that they begin to feel it too and act it out on our behalf.
Areas of life
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How to handle it
Ask: Am I making the other person carry my feeling?
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
From concept to practice
Turn Projective Identification into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.