Psychoanalytic Theory, Therapy and the Self - 9780367326418

Taylor & Francis

Psychoanalytic Theory, Therapy and the Self presents, in a readily accessible form, the overall theoretical position adopted by the author in his two earlier books Personality Structure and Human Interaction (1961) and Schizoid Phenomena, Object Relations and the Self (1968). Part One, addressing itself to theoretical issues in psychoanaly\n > Foreword -- Preface -- Theory -- Seeing Freud in Perspective -- The Starting Point of Psychodynamic Inquiry -- The Turning Point: From Psychobiology to Object-Relations -- The Broadening Theoretical Reorientation -- The Crucial Issue: System-Ego or Person-Ego -- Therapy -- The Schizoid Problem -- Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy