"A work that goes well beyond dealing systematically with the theory and treatment of difficult-to-treat patients suffering from narcissistic behavior disorders. It is also a significant contribution to the fundamentals of self psychology by a creative, productive, and disciplined thinker."-Paul H. Ornstein, M.D. "In this exciting and uncommonly lucid volume, Goldberg presents his view from self psychology in a tone of open engagement with other leading analytic thinkers of past and present. As a result, the reader feels more a participant in an exciting debate than an observer in a dusty lecture hall. Those who have turned away from early self psychology will be rewarded by this incisive application of the best of self psychological thought used to enrich prior psychoanalytic understanding."-Warren S. Poland, M.D. "Clinicians puzzling over the mysterious set of behaviors termed in our field 'perversions' will be delighted and relieved to discover this newest book by Arnold Goldberg, M.D. In this volume, which is arguably the most innovative extension of Kohut's clinical theory published to date, Goldberg demonstrates that an understanding of the concept of a split, divided self can be expanded and deepened to facilitate a meliorative approach to these narcissistic behavior disorders, illustrating his thesis with clear examples from his practice. We predict that with the publication of this book, no one will be able to treat, or even to think about, perversions without accessing the author's powerful and persuasive formulations."-Morton Shane, M.D., and Estelle Shane, Ph.D., Co-Presidents, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis
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The Problem of Perversion is an excellent and scholarly account of the psychoanalytic conceptualisation of perversion. It builds on the concept of disavowal to explain the often slippery nature of the disorder and the difficulty patients have in realising their wish to be rid of problematic behaviour.
The chapter entitled "Self as Psychic Structure" deserves special mention. It is integral to the thesis on perversions, but it is also essential reading for anyone wishing to understand self psychology. Heinz Kohut wrote much about psychoanalytic "structure", and his central constructs were structural ones (e.g., selfobjects). But he expected of his audience a depth of knowledge of the psychoanalytic literature that cannot always be assumed of many contemporary readers of self psychology. Not all self psychologists are psychoanalytic scholars. Goldberg's knowledge is both wide and deep, and he is unique in his ability to summarise much. He cuts to the chase. This chapter is piercing in its clarity, and it demonstrates Goldberg's singular abilities to communicate clearly the highest levels of abstract thinking. Books like this can catch-up the unacquainted reader with the psychoanalytic context that prevents self psychology from being collapsed into a simple social support, or patient-championing intervention. He restores the depths. The companion book is entitled "Being of Two Minds". Anyone buying one should invest also in the other.
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The author explained the subject in simple, understandable language so that it could be applied to people who are afflicted with persvions. I have used the information from this text to treat people who suffer from pervesions, and I know of no other source that is as helpful as this. Gunnbjorg B. Lavoll, MD
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