Abstract
Human relations are inherently messy. "Rupture" has become a marker for the messiness in the patient–therapist relationship or alliance. It has been described in numerous ways over the years: from breaches, breakdowns, challenges, derailments, deteriorations, dissociations, disturbances, disruptions, dysfluencies, failures, impasses, misalliances, misattunements, miscoordinations, misunderstandings, negations, pulls, resistances, splits, strains, and threats to weakenings. Rupture also has been associated to such concepts as enactments, negative process, projective identification, transference-countertransference, and vicious circles or cycles. As a result, there is a good deal of latitude and too much confusion regarding what is meant by rupture. This introductory chapter presents a review of authors' efforts to study and define rupture and repair from over the past 3 decades—with the ultimate aim of setting a cornerstone to this book project. It also provides a brief description about the book and its subsequent chapters. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: create)