Releasing the Self: The Healing Legacy of Heinz Kohut 1st Edition

by Phil Mollon (Author)
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ISBN-10: 1861562292
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This book revisits in depth Kohut's own accounts of his theory and clinical work and links them with other contemporary perspectives within psychoanalysis. Contents * Rage, shame and presymbolic dread * Discerning invisible structures * Perversion, the vertical split and the psychoeconomic dimension * The healing process in Kohut?s psychoanalysis * Empathy and the intersubjectivists * Kohut and the internal object * Impasse and Oedipus * Schizophrenia and depression. The fragmented self and the thwarted self * The developmental neurobiology of the self object relationship * Self psychology perspectives on childhood trauma * Further reflections on psychoanalytic cure

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This book revisits in depth Kohut's own accounts of his theory and clinical work and links them with other contemporary perspectives within psychoanalysis. Contents * Rage, shame and presymbolic dread * Discerning invisible structures * Perversion, the vertical split and the psychoeconomic dimension * The healing process in Kohut?s psychoanalysis * Empathy and the intersubjectivists * Kohut and the internal object * Impasse and Oedipus * Schizophrenia and depression. The fragmented self and the thwarted self * The developmental neurobiology of the self object relationship * Self psychology perspectives on childhood trauma * Further reflections on psychoanalytic cure

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley; 1st edition (June 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1861562292
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1861562296
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.16 x 0.73 x 9.29 inches
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and clear account of the thought of founding psychodynamic thinker Kohut
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Carlo L. Maini, MD PhD
5.0 out of 5 stars a very good book about a not so easy
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 16, 2015
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5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the price
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