Rorschach Test Analysis of Melissa's Psychological Profile
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Rorschach test, psychoanalytic interpretation, narcissistic axis, object relations, loss, body image, mourning, psychological problems, Melissa case study, projective tests
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A psychoanalytic interpretation of Melissa's Rorschach test reveals issues with loss, body image, and mourning related to her mother, reflecting narcissistic and object relation problems.
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[...] Rorschach projective tests Answers Survey (to be added in each box) Citations Plate imm. « There I see nothing s Dd Clob A Plate II: imm. « There I see lungs (takes the plate in his hands). That's all I see. 10s Dd C H sang Plate III: imm. « There I see a kind of insect, but I don't know what it is There I see like a fetus, I don't know why (the sides in red). And that's all. -20s D CF D C H Planche IV : imm. [...]
[...] https://doi.org/10.3917/pcp.013.0371 Chabert, C. (2012). Introduction - For the psychoanalytic interpretation of the Rorschach test. In: Chabert, C. The Rorschach in adult clinical practice: Psychoanalytic interpretation (pp. 13-18). Paris : Dunod. Chabert, C., Louët, E., Azoulay, C., Verdon, B. (2020). Manual of Rorschach and TAT: Psychoanalytic Interpretation. Dunod. https://doi.org/10.3917/dunod.chabe.2020.01 Rausch de Traubenberg, N. (1970) The Practice of Rorschach. [...]
[...] Few are the banalities in the words of the young girl, echoing singular problems. According to Chabert, in "< text >"the bilateral configuration panels III, VII), the integrity of the body's representation is given to be seen in responses where objects appear whole and differentiated And in the case of Melissa, the elements do not seem to be differentiated since nothing is seen on the maternal panel: 'lI see nothing' (VII) the object relation and the link with the problematic of the loss of the mother seems to be reflected in the absence of description from the young woman. [...]
[...] 25sec total Dd CF AD Planche 40sec. « I see lungs . I see hearts. V. I see a human with arms up in the air. (Scratches his hair). I see wolves, dogs . And still bloodstains. V. And that's all Dd K HD Dd K H Dd AD Dd sang Mélissa responds quickly to the first questions. She is less taciturn than usual, and appears confident and interested in taking the test. She easily appropriates the plates as she handles them several times. [...]
[...] A kind of human with outstretched arms, end with wings, and that's all. Do K HA Planche VII: 25sec. (He straightens up) "There I see nothing." (He scratches his hair) R Planche VIII: imm. « There I see dogs? Uh? a kind of . End a strange thing one would say a monster or? who holds uh . the dog's paw. (Moves closer to the board). V. And I see bloodstains, and that's all I see. D K A G K AD Dd sang Planche IX: 20sec. [...]
