The Injured Self

The Psychopathology and Psychotherapy of Developmental Deviations

Dov R. Aleksandrowicz

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN:
  9781855758421
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429906848
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This book examines the clinical implications of innate developmental individuality. The authors present a model of what they call "developmentally informed" therapy, based on the assumption that biologically determined (or co-determined) maladjusted behaviours and deficiencies of ego functions cannot be resolved by interpretation of an unconscious conflict, but need to be "validated", analysed, and integrated with the personality. Several clinical case histories illustrate the authors' approach. The case presentations are followed by a discussion of counselling parents of children with developmental deviations. The authors also discuss the theoretical issues that arise from this and the role of cognition, especially learning, in the therapeutic relationship and the therapeutic process. Finally, the authors present some recent advances in neuro-behavioural sciences which appear relevant to the issues discussed in the book, and close with a concluding discussion.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Dedication
• PREFACE
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS
• CHAPTER ONE Psychotherapy of a borderline child: Uri
• CHAPTER TWO Early development and the developmental matrix
• CHAPTER THREE Clinical manifestations of developmental deviations
• CHAPTER FOUR Emotional effects of developmental deviations: the injured self
• CHAPTER FIVE Effect of deviations on the progression of developmental stages
• CHAPTER SIX Coping with maladaptive development
• CHAPTER SEVEN Raising a child with idiosyncratic development: a mission barely possible
• CHAPTER EIGHT Diagnosis of developmental deviations
• CHAPTER NINE Developmentally informed therapy
• CHAPTER TEN Psychotherapy of a girl with minimal ADHD: Giselle, the "Girl who Tamed Dinosaurs"
• CHAPTER ELEVEN Reconstruction in psychoanalysis: Ms. C., the "Slow Scientist"
• CHAPTER TWELVE Psychoanalysis of a patient with borderline personality disorder and minimal encephalopathy: Mr. G., the "Great White Hunter"
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN Shahar: art therapy of a boy with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Conduct Disorder
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN Parent counselling and early intervention
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN Mastery, aggression, and narcissism
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN Cognition in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Neurobiological perspective
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Conclusions
• GLOSSARY
• REFERENCES
• INDEX