Heinz Kohut and the Psychology of the Self

by Allen M. Siegel

Overview

Heinz Kohut's work represents an important departure from the Freudian tradition of psychoanalysis. A founder of the Self Psychology movement in America, he based his practice on the belief that narcissistic vulnerabilities play a significant part in the suffering that brings people for treatment. Written predominantly for a psychoanalytic audience Kohut's work is often difficult to interpret. Siegel uses examples from his own practice to show how Kohut's innovative theories can be applied to other forms of treatment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134883929
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/21/2008
Series:	Makers of Modern Psychotherapy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Allen M. Siegel

Table of Contents

List of figures, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. The Viennese Chicagoan, 2. The classical foundation of Kohut's thought, 3. Early papers: emerging strands of a new cloth, 4. Toward a psychology of the self, 5. Analysis of the Self: Part I, The idealized parental imago, 6. Analysis of the Self: Part II, The grandiose self, 7. The Restoration of the Self: Part I, Innovations in theory, 8. The Restoration of the Self: Part II, Clinical considerations, 9. The two analyses of Mr. Z, 10. How Does Analysis Cure?: Part I, Theoretical reftections, 11. How Does Analysis Cure?: Part II, The therapeutic process reconsidered, 12. Last words, 13. Critique and conclusions, Glossary, Chronology, Bibliography of the work of Heinz Kohut, General bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

Self Psychology is a vigorous branch of psychoanalysis and should be better known and understood here... I recommend this book as an excellent introduction to the work of Heinz Kohut. - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

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