TY - JOUR
AU - Racugno-Zara, Ombretta
AB - "LIKE TH O SE CRYSTAL BALLS O F YORE . . FRAG ILITY W ITH IN THE AN A LYTIC RELATION: REAL OR FANCIED? STEFANO BERTI, Ph.D.** SERGIO CARUSO, Ph.D. OMBRETTA RACUGNO-ZARA, Ph.D.* The metaphor we chose to use as a title for this contribution, “crystal balls,” belongs to the internal jargon of our psychoanalytic circle: the C.i.f.r.a (now a part of OPIFER).t It all began by chance, during a clinical meeting some years ago. The case under discussion seemed to be rather delicate, and the presenting analyst insisted a lot on how cautiously she thought it necessary to act with that patient, especially in interpreting, when one o f us (Giuseppe Miniati) broke into the following phrase: “Why! Not all of them fall to pieces as soon as you address them. Patients are not Christmas balls!” Do you remember? Those crystal ornaments o f our infancy (at least that of the most aged of us, before the plastic age): beautiful as can be, transparent and iridescent like soap bubbles, gently laid on the Christmas tree, b u t . . . so fragile! Decorating and undecorating the tree was a feast, but also such a tragedy! H alf 
TI - “Like Those Crystal Balls of Yore …” Fragility Within the Analytic Relation: Real or Fancied?
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis
DO - 10.1521/jaap.1.1998.26.1.123
DA - 1998-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/guilford-press/like-those-crystal-balls-of-yore-fragility-within-the-analytic-cyJWCESIcH
SP - 123
EP - 136
VL - 26
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -