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Borderline Distortions of Mirroring in the Group

Louis Zinkin

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Mirroring, thought to be of therapeutic value in group analysis, can lead to great difficulties when people see each other in distorted ways. This process, which I have called `malignant mirroring', can reflect borderline features in the individuals concerned, who together maintain a mutually destructive pattern. With the help of a clinical example, this process is examined in this short panel contribution.

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Key concepts: Mirroring, Psychology, Group (periodic table), Process (computing), Value (mathematics), Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Computer science