Object Relations and Self Psychology: An Introduction - Softcover

St Clair, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0534338550 ISBN 13: 9780534338558

Publisher: Brooks/Cole, 1995

Synopsis

Offers students with little experimental background a "how-to" manual that walks them through the steps of designing, executing, interpreting, and reporting simple psychological experiments. The text covers the leading theorists in object relations theory and offers a case history for each theorist. The theorists discussed include Melanie Klein, D.W. Winnicott, Edith Jacobson, Margaret Mahler, Otto Kernberg, Heinz Kohut, and Stephen Mitchell.

About this title

Review:

"I would say it's a good clear introduction to the various object relations and self psychology approaches...and a good starting point for students beginning their masters level counseling program."

"St. Clair has done a fine job of highlighting the evolution of psychoanalytic thought from classical Freudian to Object Relations and Self Psychology theories, and presenting complex material in a very palatable fashion."

About the Author:

Jodie Wigren has held teaching appointments at the Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine. She lectures on psychology at University of Massachusetts, Boston. She has published in psychological and psychoanalytic journals on trauma, attachment and transference/countertransference. For many years she has conducted a private practice in Brookline, Mass.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brooks/Cole
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0534338550
• ISBN 13: 9780534338558
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 240