ABSTRACT
The third volume in the distinguished Progress in Self Psychology series brings together the most exciting issues in a rapidly expanding field. Frontiers in Self Psychology is highlighted by sections dealing with self psychology and infancy and self psychology and the psychoses. Clinical contributions include several case studies along with a reconsideration of dream interpretation. Theoretical contributions span issues of gender identity, boundary formation, and the biological foundation of self psychology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|77 pages
Self Psychology and Infancy
part II|72 pages
Self Psychology and the Psychoses
chapter Chapter 4|6 pages
A Short History of the Psychoanalytic Approach to the Treatment of Psychotic Disorders
chapter Chapter 6|40 pages
Symbols of Subjective Truth in Psychotic States: Implications for Psychoanalytic Treatment
part III|51 pages
Clinical Contributions
chapter Chapter 9|18 pages
Pathognomic Mirroring and the Organization of Experience: A Developmental Factor in Self Pathology
part IV|64 pages
Theoretical Contributions