Progress in Self Psychology by Arnold I. Goldberg (9780881633658)

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This work charts the path of self psychology into the postmodern era of psychoanalysis. It covers the several tributaries of self-psychological thought in the decades after Kohut and continues with an elaboration of "reflective relativism" as a self-psychological way out of epistemological quagmires about the "essential reality" of the analytic endeavour. Clinical contributions offer contemporary perspectives on clinical themes that engaged Kohut in the 1970s: a study of the effect of "moments of meeting" on systems of pathological accommodation; a reappraisal of empathy as a "bi-directional negotiation"; and an assessment of the diverse clinical phenomena that justify a prolonged "understanding-only" phase of treatment. A case presentation of the interpretive process with a phobic young women elicits commentaries that focus on conflicts of interests in the analytic relationship and the role of empathy and interpretation in the therapeutic process.

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