Transcript Case Conceptualization from a Winnicott Perspective

Case Conceptualization from a
Winnicott Perspective
Eric Yellin
Patient: Bruce Wayne
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CEO of Wayne Enterprises
Raised by Butler
Superior Intelligence
Superficial
Irresponsible
Socially Isolation
Propensity for Violence
Vigilantism
Batman
 Bruce Wayne’s Alter Ego
 Crime Fighter
 Patrols Gotham City
 Expert in Martial Arts
Non-Psychodynamic Factors
 Raised by Butler after viewing parent’s murder by gang member.
 Resides in violent Gotham City
Psychodynamic Factors
 Impingement to Good-Enough Mothering?
Psychodynamic Factors
 Split of True Self and False Self
True Self: Bruce Wayne
False Self: Batman
Psychodynamic Factors
 A Transitional Object?
Were bats Bruce’s symbolic protector?
Response to Treatment
 Creation of a Holding Environment
 Mother-Child Transference Relationship