Transference
It has been suggested that interpretation of the transference "becomes effective through a sort of splitting of the ego into a reasonable, judging portion and an experiencing portion, the former recognizing the latter as not appropriate in the present and as coming from the past." Clearly, "in this sense, splitting, so far from being a pathological phenomenon, is a manifestation of self-awareness." Nevertheless, "it remains to be investigated how this desirable 'splitting of the ego' and 'self-observation' are to be differentiated from the pathological cleavage...directed at preserving isolations."
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