Research Catalog

Title

Self-psychology and diagnostic assessment : identifying selfobject functions through psychological testing / Marshall L. Silverstein.

Author

Silverstein, Marshall L.

Publication

Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1999.

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Description

xvi, 296 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

• The book includes two cases presented in their entirety and comprehensively discussed from the point of view of the psychology of the self, with appropriate contrasts to that of ego psychology indicated.
• The self psychology of Heinz Kohul has been an important force in contemporary psychoanalytic thought, its influence on treatment has been extensively explored. Now, Marshall Silverstein offers the first analysis of the application of self psychology to projective diagnostic assessment. Differentiating the self psychological approach from an ego psychological interpretation of classical drive theory, he clearly outlines the principal contributions of Kohut, including the concepts of selfobject functions, empathy, transmuting internalization, and compensatory structure. Providing many clinical examples, he goes on to show how the major selfobject functions of mirroring, idealization, and twinship can be identified on projective tests.

Series Statement

LEA series in personality and clinical psychology

Uniform Title

LEA series in personality and clinical psychology

Subject

• Projective Techniques
• Projective techniques
• Self Psychology
• Self psychology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-287) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Shift From Classical Drive Theory to Self Psychology -- 2. Self Psychology: Major Concepts -- 3. The Central Role of Selfobject Functions -- 4. Content Analysis of Psychodiagnostic Testing: A Pathway to Understanding Self States -- 5. Clinical Indications of Self object Functions: Mirroring -- 6. Clinical Indications of Selfobject Functions: Idealization and Twinship -- 7. Ms. T.: Mirroring -- 8. Mr. L.: Idealization and Twinship.

ISBN

0805822801 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^98027593^

OCLC

39379967

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library