The Use of the Object in Psychoanalysis: An Object Relations Perspective on the Other - Softcover

 
9780367189167: The Use of the Object in Psychoanalysis: An Object Relations Perspective on the Other
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ISBN 10: 036718916X ISBN 13: 9780367189167
Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Using Winnicott’s classic paper as its starting point, this fascinating collection explores a range of clinical and theoretical psychoanalytic perspectives around relating to "the object." Each author approaches the topic from a different angle, switching among the patient’s use of others in their internal and external lives, their use of their therapist, and the therapist’s own use of their patients.

The use of objects is susceptible to wide interpretation and elaboration; it is both a normal phenomenon and a marker for certain personal difficulties, or even psychopathologies, seen in clinical practice. While it is normal for people to relate to others through the lens of their internal objects in ways that give added meaning to aspects of their lives, it becomes problematic when people live as if devoid of a self and instead live almost exclusively through the others who form their internal worlds, often leading them to feel that they cannot be happy until and unless others change.

Assessing the significance of objects among adult and child patients, groups and the group-as-object, and exploring Freud’s own use of objects, The Use of the Object in Psychoanalysis will be of significant interest both to experienced psychoanalysts and psychotherapists and to trainees exploring important theoretical questions.

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About the Author

David E. Scharff, MD, is Co-Founder and Chair Emeritus of the Board, International Psychotherapy Institute, Chair of the International Psychoanalytic Association’s Committee on Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, and Editor of the journal Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
036718916X
ISBN 13 
9780367189167
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
146
Editor
Scharff David E.

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