Like giving a cat its kibbles
The role of metaphor in Marco’s case
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This paper describes a single, intensive therapeutic intervention with a 17-year-old adolescent, Marco. The case illustrates how, in specific psychic and relational configurations, a targeted intervention supported by an effective metaphor can trigger a process of insight and significant change within a short time. The theoretical framework integrates relational psychoanalysis, with particular attention to internal working models (Bowlby, 1988), alongside Jungian concepts of individuation and Bion’s (1962) notion of the transformative function of thought.
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