Narcissistic Object Relationship and its Awareness in “Frozen” as Considered from a Clinical Psychology Viewpoint

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タケダ, シュンスケ

Takeda, Shunsuke

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ キョウイクガクケイ

Department of Education, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

The present paper discusses the process of development of narcissistic pathology as observed in Ana and Elsa – the main characters of the movie “Frozen.” Referring to Britton’s (2003) narcissistic typology, which is based on the concept of lack of containment during childhood, the paper suggests that Ana has libido-type narcissism, while Elsa has destructive-type narcissism. In addition, we suggest that by experiencing what true love is, each of the characters becomes aware of her own narcissistic patterns of behavior. Basing our arguments on some of the movie’s scenes, we distinguish those kinds of psychological problems that these two types of narcissism cause. We arrived at the conclusion that because of her destructive narcissism, Elsa was unable to control her magic power. Ana, on the other hand, dreamed to marry a man excessively idealized by her libidinal narcissism. We further refer to Bion’s (1963) container-contained model to discuss the attitude a psychotherapist needs in order to apply “true love” in clinical practice. That is, he psychotherapist could constantly pay attention to the client’s urge for narcissistic relationship and also work through the therapist’s own primitive superego. This in turn could help the client work through his primitive superego on his own. That process may eventually evolve into “true love,” which could melt any “frozen” psychotherapeutic situation.