Object Relations Individual Therapy

by Scharff, Jill Savege; Scharff, David E.,

• ISBN13: 9780765702517
• ISBN10: 0765702517
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

Emphasizing the transformational possibilities that grow out of their relational model of therapy, David E. and Jill Savege Scharff invite us into the territory of interactive journeys with individual patients. A contemporary classic.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	ix
Part I Object Relations Theory
Section 1 Introduction
The Therapist's Internal Objects	5	(14)
A Clinical Guided Tour	19	(22)
Section 2 Fundamentals
Origins: Fairbairn, Klein, Winnicott, Bion	41	(24)
Freud's Contributions	65	(18)
From Drive/Structure Theories to American Relational Models	83	(14)
British Object Relations Theory	97	(20)
Section 3 Advances
Clinical Relevance of Research: Object Relations Testing, Neural Development, and Attachment Theory	117	(36)
Chaos Theory and Fractals in Development, Self and Object Relations, and Transference	153	(30)
The Interpenetration of Self and Object	183	(36)
The Formation of New Objects through the Life Cycle: Object Construction, Object Sorting, and Object Exclusion	219	(22)
Part II Object Relations Therapy
Section 4 Technique
Geography of Transference and Countertransference	241	(42)
Structure and Process of Therapy	283	(34)
Theory and Technique of Assessment	317	(20)
Section 5 Assessment
Extended Assessment of a Woman	337	(20)
Assessment of Her Husband	357	(12)
Self and Object Relations in the Couple	369	(16)
Section 6 Brief Therapy
An Object Relations Theory of Brief Therapy	385	(16)
Serial Brief Therapy after Long-Term Therapy	401	(18)
Brief Therapy instead of Long-Term Therapy	419	(26)
Section 7 Intensive Therapy
Opening Phase	445	(22)
Mid-Phase	467	(18)
Late Mid-Phase	485	(28)
Pretermination	513	(14)
Termination	527	(36)
Narrative of a Complete Analysis	563	(26)
Five Dreams: Fractal of an Analysis	589	(10)
Epilogue	599	(4)
References	603	(26)
Index	629