The Psychotic Core

by Michael Eigen

Overview

This book examines the key ordering—disordering processes of the psychotic self. It draws on Sigmund Freud, Jung, object relation and selfpsychologies, and, particularly, the work of Winnicott, Bion, and Elkin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367328627
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/05/2019
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael Eigen is a psychologist and psychoanalyst. He is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University, and a Senior Member of the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis. He is the author of a number of books, including Toxic Nourishment, The Psychoanalytic Mystic, Feeling Matters and Flames from the Unconscious.

Table of Contents

Preface — The Core of Psychosis — Hallucination — Mindlessness — Boundaries — Hate — Epistemology and Reversal — Schreber and Rena — The Psychotic Self — Epilogue