Transcending the Self: An Object Relations Model of Psychoanalytic Therapy

Transcending the SelfAn Object Relations Model of Psychoanalytic Therapy\nAuthor(s): Frank Summers\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United States\nImprint: Analytic Press,U.S.\nISBN-13: 9780881634235, 978-0881634235\nSynopsis\nDespite the popularity of object relations theories, these theories are often abstract, with the relation between theory and clinical technique left vague and unclear. Now, in Transcending the Self: An Object Relations Model of Psychoanalytic Therapy, Summers answers the need for an integrative object relations model that can be understood and applied by the clinician in the daily conduct of psychoanalytic therapy.\n\nDrawing on recent infancy research, developmental psychology, and the works of major theorists, including Bollas, Benjamin, Fairbairn, Guntrip, Kohut, and Winnicott, Summers melds diverse object-relational contributions into a coherent viewpoint with broad clinical applications. The object relations model emerges as a disti.