Review of Object Relations and Self Psychology: An Introduction.

1987 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 478-478
Author(s):  
Hans H. Strupp
Keyword(s):  
Object Relations ◽  
Self Psychology

Object relations, attachment theory, self-psychology, and interpersonal psychoanalysis

2012 ◽  
pp. 306-312
Author(s):  
Jeremy Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Object Relations ◽  
Attachment Theory ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Self Psychology ◽  
Everyday Practice ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Interpersonal Psychoanalysis

Despite many splits and schisms, dating back to Adler and Jung's early break with Freud, there has been an enduring attempt within psychoanalysis to hold to a central psychodynamic vision and to find common ground between differing theoretical and clinical approaches. The aim of this chapter is to describe the work of some of the major figures who have extended and developed Freud's ideas, pointing to areas of both conflict and convergence, and, wherever possible, to relate their concepts to the everyday practice of psychiatry.

Ethical Processes in Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Drozek
Keyword(s):  
Object Relations ◽  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽  
Self Psychology ◽  
Treatment Intensity ◽  
Object Relations Theory ◽  
Clinical Process ◽  
Therapeutic Goals ◽  
Therapeutic Outcomes ◽  
Exploratory Technique

This chapter explores the foundational role of ethical experience in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy, from the perspective of theory as well as technique. The author reviews seminal ethical constructs across the range of analytic perspectives, including classical psychoanalysis, object relations theory, self-psychology, and contemporary relational/intersubjective thought. While all forms of psychotherapy recognize the importance of ethically grounded principles of care, psychoanalysis is unique in its theorizing about the relevance of ethics to fundamental aspects of the clinical process itself, including therapeutic goals, therapeutic outcomes, and “how change happens” in psychotherapy. These areas of theory are surveyed, along with some basic ethical tensions generated by defining aspects of psychodynamic praxis: the ethics of unconscious exploration, the ethics of “working in the transference,” the ethics of exploratory technique, and the ethics of treatment intensity.

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