Description
Book SynopsisThe core elements of narcissism concern the dificulty individuals encounter with the separating process and their use of the mechanism of splitting. Through the work of American thinkers (such as Kernberg and Kohut) on the advancement of the understanding of narcissistic disturbances is well known, the contribution of the British school has had a comparatively low profile.
This book seeks to redress the balance by providing an up-to-date presentation of the work in this area of British psychotherapists and psychoanalysts of different theoretical orientations - contemporary Freudian, Kleinian and independent.
Table of ContentsPart 1.
Overviews, a Brief History of Narcissism, David Smith.
The current State of Clinical Work - Diagnosis, Treatment and Outcome, Judy Cooper and Nilda Maxwell.
Part 2.
Narcissism in The Life Cycle, Early Problems in mother-child Separation as a Basis for Narcissistic Disturbance, Maria Pozzi.
Narcissistic Vulnerability in Adolescence, Sara Flanders.
Narcissism and adolescence, Peter Wilson.
Between Narcissistic and More Mature Object Relating - Narcissism and The Couple, Stanley Ruszczynski.
Narcissistic Displacement in childbearing, Joan Raphael-leff.
Narcissism in Ageing, Anne Zachary.
Narcissism and Bereavement, Hazel Danbury.
Part 3.
Clinical Aspects of Narcissism, The search for a Primary Object - Making and Breaking in The Treatment of narcissism, Judy Cooper and Nilda Maxwell.
"I am Glad I am Late", Daniel Twomey.
Destroying The Knowlege of The Need for Love - Narcissism and perversions - David Morgan.
Addiction as a Narcissistic Defence - The importance of Control Over The Object, Liz Good.
