New Developments in Self Psychology PracticeIt has been 35 years since the publication of Heinz Kohut's monumental book, The Analysis of the Self, in 1971, and in this period self psychology has undergone a vibrant and exciting evolution that has significantly influenced and expanded the range of psychoanalytic thinking. While undergoing this change, self psychology has kept the developmental importance of self-object relatedness and the primacy of subjective experience as central tenets of the theory. But where other theories of mind can tend to stagnate and resist innovations that transcend their founding figure, Kohut's self psychology continues to grow in depth, complexity and richness. Indeed one of the great strengths of the self psychology movement has been the openness of the succeeding generations to push the theoretical envelope--to entertain, examine and integrate new understandings and perspectives. New Developments in Self Psychology Practice gives voice to many of these developments, reflected in its four sections. The first section examines complexity theory, attachment theory and the work of the Boston Change Study Group. The second section is concerned with the treatment of children, while the third section examines various treatment modalities such as family therapy, group therapy, and supervisory process. The final section looks at diversity, difference, and otherness within both the therapeutic dyad and therapeutic community and considers how shame, enactments and traumatic experiences influence the therapeutic process. |
Contents
Psychoanalytic Complexity Pouring New Wine Directly into Ones Mouth | 3 |
On Utilizing Attachment Theory and Research in Self PsychologicalIntersubjective Clinical Work | 23 |
Moving Along Reflections on Self Psychology and the Boston Change Process Study Group | 49 |
Applications to Child Treatment | 67 |
A Peek into the Playroom A Contemporary Self Psychological Approach to Work with Children | 69 |
A Girl Her Mother and Her Analyst A Study of Self and Interactive Regulation in Child Treatment | 85 |
Applications to Therapeutic Modalities | 101 |
Toward a More Optimal Selfobject Milieu An Intersubjective Self Psychological Approach to Family Treatment | 103 |
Contribution to Therapeutic Process | 165 |
Shame A Major Instigator of Secrets | 167 |
Our First Fight Reflections on the Psychoanalytic Concept of Enactment | 181 |
Kafkas Window and Kohuts Mirror A Dialogic Journey to the Center of Traumatic Worlds | 193 |
Twinship and Otherness A Self Psychological Intersubjective Approach to Difference | 207 |
Improvisational Moments in a Self Psychological Relational Psychoanalysis | 223 |
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About the Contributors | 249 |
Psychoanalytic Group Psychotherapy The Leader the Individuals the Process | 127 |
A Radical Self Psychological Model of Supervision | 149 |
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