Object Relations and the Developing Ego in Therapy

Horner, Althea J.

ISBN 10: 0876684010 / ISBN 13: 9780876684016

Edité par New York : J. Aronson, 1979

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 347 pages; Description: xii, 347 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Psychotherapy --Object relations (Psychoanalysis) --Ego (Psychology) --Self --Psychotherapist and patient. Graph illustrated end-papers. 2 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Object Relations and the Developing Ego in Therapy
• Éditeur: New York : J. Aronson
• Date de parution: 1979
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0876684010
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780876684016
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette

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Synopsis

The term object relations refers to specific intrapsychic structures, to an aspect of ego organization. These intrapsychic structures, the mental representations of self and other (the object), become manifest in the interpersonal situation. Object-relations thinking has become central rather than peripheral to the understanding and treatment of patients. By integrating clinical observation with explanatory concepts concerning the nature and development of object relations. The author provides a logical framework within which to order, understand, and put to use the data of therapy. The text brings together attachment theory, cognitive theory dealing with mental structures, and object-relations theory while placing major emphasis on the evolution, within the maternal matrix, of a cohesive, reality-based, object-related self. Just as in this context the primary mothering person is viewed as the mediator of organization, so the therapist is viewed as the mediator of organization within the therapeutic matrix.

Présentation de l'éditeur

_Perhaps the acid test for any book on psychoanalytic theory is the light it sheds on the complex problems that a therapist faces. This book passes that test with flying colors. I now see my patients in a different light and I have changed my approach with beneficial results._ Samuel L. Bradshaw, Jr. The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic