Self and Systems Exploring Trends in Contemporary Self Psychology, Volume 1159

by Coburn, William J.; VanDerHeide, Nancy P.

• ISBN13: 9781573317078
• ISBN10: 1573317071
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-27
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The field of psychoanalytic self psychology has enjoyed a robust and fertile growth since its discovery and elaboration by Heinz Kohut in the 1970's. From its earliest inception, self psychology radically changed the face of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy by both introducing novel ways of conceptualizing human development and the process of change, and by paving the way for innovative thinking linking the process of therapeutic growth to neuroscience and associated theories. The volume illuminates the major concepts of self psychology and their relevance to the behavioral sciences, as well as those whose theories draw on our contemporary understandings of the ways in which brain structure, mind and consciousness interface with one another. Of emphasis is the position of self psychological ideas vis-¡-vis behavioral changes, neurobiology, neuropsychology, and other neurosciences.NOTE: Annals volumes are available for sale as individual books or as a journal. For information on institutional journal subscriptions, please visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/nyas.ACADEMY MEMBERS: Please contact the New York Academy of Sciences directly to place your order ( www.nyas.org). Members of the New York Academy of Science receive full-text access to the Annals online and discounts on print volumes. Please visit www.nyas.org/membership/main.asp for more information about becoming a member.

Author Biography

William J. Coburn and Nancy P. VanDerHeide are the authors of Self and Systems: Exploring Trends in Contemporary Self Psychology, Volume 1159, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Contemporary Issues in Self Psychology.

Some Key Features in the Evolution of Self Psychology and Psychoanalysis

One Case, Four Theories: Finding Matthew

The Evolution of the Psychology of the Self: Toward a Mature Narcissism

Trauma-Centered Psychoanalysis: Transforming Experiences of Unbearable Uncertainty

Empathic Understanding: The Foundation of Self Psychological Psychoanalysis

On Ideals and Idealization

Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and Its Conceptual Development in Light of Developmental Psychology, Attachment Theory, and Neuroscience

Interdisciplinary Perspectives.

From Selfobjects to Dialogue: A Journey through the Intersubjective Field

My Relational Self Psychology

A Self-Psychological Approach to the Study of Biography: The Interplay of Narratives in Psychoanalysis and Biography

Embracing the Limits of Psychoanalysis: A Dialogic Approach to Healing

Art and Self: A New Psychoanalytic Perspective on Creativity and Aesthetic Experience

Selfobject as Dramatis Personae: Cultivating the Improvisational in Self Psychological Psychoanalysis

Relational Trauma and the Developing Right Brain: An Interface of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and Neuroscience

The Interface of Self Psychology, Infant Research and Neuroscience in Clinical Practice

Self Psychology and the Modern Dance Choreographer

Autobiographical Perspectives.

My Life with Self Psychology

Intersubjective Systems Theory: A Fallibilist's Journey

The Road to My (Self) Psychology

From Self Psychology to Selves in Relationship: A Radical Process of Micro- and Macroexpansion in Conceptual Experience

How Self Psychology Found Me

Theory is Personal

Peeling the Onion: Understanding Layers of Treatment

The Journey of a Psychoanalyst

Index of Contributors

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