ABSTRACT
David W. Krueger illustrates a novel synthesis of fundamental psychodynamic principles with evolving advances in developmental, self, neuropsychological, and attachment theories. Focusing on action symptoms, self object experiences, gender issues, embodiment, somatic symptoms, affect regulation, and ego states, the theoretical innovations are illustrated by vivid case material. He introduces treatment inroads enabling clinicians to hear and articulate arcane messages spoken in metaphor, actualized in symptoms, and encrypted in the body. A fresh conceptualization from an original thinker, Integrating Body Self and Psychological Self broadens our understanding of the mind and body interplay in the clinical exchange.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |75 pages
Body Self and Psychological Self Development
chapter |26 pages
Body Self in Psychological Self Development
chapter |9 pages
Body Self Developmental Disruptions
chapter |12 pages
The Gendered Body Self
chapter |10 pages
Mindbrain
chapter |15 pages
Body—Mind Memory in Development and in the Clinical Exchange
part |75 pages
Developmental and Clinical Integration
chapter |15 pages
Action Symptoms
chapter |12 pages
True Body Self/False Body Self
chapter |27 pages
Dissociation, Trauma, and Development
part |92 pages
Clinical Applications