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Internal Editor and Internal Saboteur

Internal Editor and Internal Saboteur

Released Monday, 18th January 2021
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Internal Editor and Internal Saboteur

Internal Editor and Internal Saboteur

Internal Editor and Internal Saboteur

Internal Editor and Internal Saboteur

Monday, 18th January 2021
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Utilizing Fairbairn’s (1952) concepts of the “internal saboteur” and the “anti-libidinal ego,” Dr. Kavaler-Adler discusses the “internal editor,” which haunts the would-be writer (or any other creative person) - by censoring what he/she might wish to say before he/she can say it. The internal editor is a composite derived from a multitude of parental (judgmental) ‘introjects’ that prompt shame and guilt in the face of creative desire.

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