Object Relations Theory and Practice
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Object Relations Theory and Practice

An Introduction

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eBook - ePub

Object Relations Theory and Practice

An Introduction

About this book

Object relations theory has caused a fundamental reorientation of psychodynamic thought. In Object Relations Theory and Practice, Dr. David E. Scharff acclimates readers to the language and culture of this therapeutic perspective and provides carefully selected excerpts from seminal theorists as well as explanations of their thinking and clinical experience. He offers readers an unparalleled resource for understanding object relations psychotherapy and theory and applying it to the practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. The book's sequence establishes the centrality of relationships in this theory: the internalization of experience with parents, splitting, projective identification, the role of the relationship between mother and young child in development, and transference and countertransference in the therapeutic action of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. This book will introduce students to the basics, to the widening scope of object relations theory, and to its application to psychoanalysis and individual, group, and family psychotherapy.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Abouttheeditor
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Preface and Acknowledgments
  9. Part I The Origins of Object Relations Theory
  10. Part II Sigmund Freud
  11. Part III W. R. D. Fairbairn
  12. Part IV Melanie Klein
  13. Part V D. W. Winnicott
  14. Part VI Wilfred Bion
  15. Part VII Klein’s Theory Elaborated
  16. Part VIII Early Contributions of the Independent Group
  17. Part IX Transference and Countertransference
  18. Part X Advances in Theory
  19. Part XI Advances in Clinical Concepts
  20. Part XII Treating Groups, Families, and Institutions
  21. Part XIII Suggestions for Further Reading
  22. Credits
  23. Index