TY - JOUR PY - 1988// TI - Forging a transference relationship with a self-destructive preschooler JO - American journal of psychotherapy A1 - Trad, P. V. SP - 630 EP - 640 VL - 42 IS - 4 N2 - A three-and-a-half-year-old boy was referred for treatment because of his inability to engage adequately in school activities and his absorption in fantasy and episodically charged and homicidal wishes. A few months after therapy was initiated, the boy revealed fantasies of a self-destructive nature. Through the development of the transference relationship, the patient was able to elaborate further, understand the implications of such fantasies, and validate his perceptions regarding feelings that were until then suppressed and isolated.

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