Description
Book SynopsisThis 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
Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Rage, Shame and Presymbolic Dread.
Chapter 2 - Discerning invisible Structures.
Chapter 3 - Perversion, The Vertical Split and The psychoeconomic Dimension.
Chapter 4 - The Healing Process in Kohut' s psychoanalysis.
Chapter 5 - Empathy and The Intersubjectivists.
Chapter 6 - kohut and The Internal Object.
Chapter 7 - Impasse and Oedipus.
Chapter 8 - schizophrenia and Depression. The Fragmented Self and The Thwarted Self.
Chapter 9 - The Developmental Neurobiology of The Self Object Relationship.
Chapter 10 - Self Psychology Perspectives on Childhood Trauma.
Chapter 11 - further Reflections on Psychoanalytic Cure.
Appendix.
Notes on Kohut The Man references.
