Peter A. Lessem

Self Psychology (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive, introductory text makes the concepts of self psychology accessible for students and clinicians. It begins with an overview of the development of Kohut's ideas, particularly those on narcissism and narcissistic development and explains the self object concept that is at the core of the self psychological vision of human experience. It also includes brief overviews, of the allied theoretical perspectives of intersubjectivity and motivational systems theory. Numerous clinical vignettes are furnished to illustrate theoretical concepts as well as one continuous case vignette that is woven throughout the book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461630647
• Artikelnr.: 38314305

Autorenporträt

Peter Lessem is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in New York City. He has been in practice over twenty-five years treating adults, adolescents, and couples. He is on the faculty of the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, the National Institute of the Psychotherapies, and the Professional Psychoanalytic Study Center. He is married and has a daughter and stepson.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 In the Beginning
Chapter 2 The Reformulation of the Concept of Narcissism
Chapter 3 The Self and Self Object Concepts
Chapter 4 How Seld Psychology Conceives of Psychological Growth and
Therapeutic Action
Chapter 5 Psychopathology: Disturbance and Disorders of Self Experience
Chapter 6 Clinical Process Section
Chapter 7 Intersubjectivity
Chapter 8 Motivational Systems Theory
Chapter 9 Self Psychology's View of Aggression
Chapter 10 Self Psychology's Contributions to the Evolution of
Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice