ABSTRACT
This book introduces the importance of echoism as a clinical entity and a theoretical concept. In Ovid's version of the myth of Echo and Narcissus, the character Echo receives equal attention to her counterpart, Narcissus, yet she has been completely marginalised in the pervasive literatures on narcissism.
The author draws upon her work with patients who have experienced relationships with narcissistic partners or parents, and have developed a particular configuration of object relations and ways of relating for which she uses the term echoism. She uses psychoanalytic theory and existential philosophical ideas to underpin her formulations and inform her clinical thinking.
Donnna Savery explores the question 'Am I an Echoist?' and introduces the concept of Echoism in the following YouTube video:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|49 pages
Important theories in understanding echoism
part II|32 pages
Types of echoism
part III|31 pages
Over-valued ideas, god-like objects, and faith
chapter Chapter 6|16 pages
Mistaken identity or what you will?
part IV|26 pages
A dynamic understanding of an echoistic-narcissistic complex
chapter Chapter 8|17 pages
Characters in search of an author
part V|20 pages
Conclusions and future directions