Heinz Kohut and the Psychology of the Self

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Routledge, Feb 21, 2008 - Psychology - 240 pages
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.
 

Contents

The Viennese Chicagoan
7
The classical foundation of Kohuts thought
19
emerging strands of a new cloth
44
Toward a psychology of the self
55
Part I The idealized parental imago
70
Part II The grandiose self
86
Part I Innovations in theory
104
Part II Clinical
118
Part I Theoretical reflections
153
Part II The therapeutic
169
Last words
186
Critique and conclusions
193
Glossary
203
Bibliography of the work of Heinz Kohut
210
General bibliography
217
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The two analyses of Mr Z
141

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