Heinz Kohut and the Psychology of the Self

by Siegel,Allen M.

• ISBN13: 9780415086370
• ISBN10: 041508637X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134883929
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-11-06
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Kohut believed that narcissistic vulnerabilites play a significant part in the suffering that brings people for treatment. Siegel uses examples from his own practice to show how Kohut's theories can be applied to other forms of treatment.

Table of Contents

List of figures	viii	(1)
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(6)
1 The Viennese Chicagoan	7	(12)
Ernest S. Wolf
2 The classical foundation of Kohut's thought	19	(25)
3 Early papers: emerging strands of a new cloth	44	(11)
4 Toward a psychology of the self	55	(15)
5 Analysis of the Self: Part I, The idealized parental imago	70	(16)
6 Analysis of the Self: Part II, The grandiose self	86	(18)
7 The Restoration of the Self: Part I, Innovations in theory	104	(14)
8 The Restoration of the Self: Part II, Clinical considerations	118	(23)
9 The two analyses of Mr. Z	141	(12)
10 How Does Analysis Cure?: Part I, Theoretical reflections	153	(16)
11 How Does Analysis Cure?: Part II, The therapeutic process reconsidered	169	(17)
12 Last words	186	(7)
13 Critique and conclusions	193	(10)
Glossary	203	(5)
Chronology	208	(2)
Bibliography of the work of Heinz Kohut	210	(7)
General bibliography	217	(4)
Index	221