The self psychology of Heinz Kohut has been an important force in contemporary psychoanalytic thought and its ramifications for therapy have 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 numerous clinical examples, he shows how the major selfobject functions of mirroring, idealization, and twinship can be identified on projective tests. Silverstein then demonstrates how conventional assessment approaches to grandiosity, self-esteem, and idealization can be reconceptualized within the framework of self psychology, and he also contrasts ego psychological interpretations with self psychological interpretations. This book makes a strong case for the importance of the clinical identification of self states. It will help practitioners understand their patients? varied attempts to repair an injury to the self to restore self-esteem (compensatory structure) and the clinical consequences of self-disorders, including disintegration products such as narcissistic rage and affect states characterized by empty depression, chronic boredom, and lack of zest.
Additional ISBNs
9780805822809, 0805822801
Self Psychology and Diagnostic Assessment Ebook
Identifying Selfobject Functions Through Psychological Testing
By: Marshall L. Silverstein
Publisher:
Routledge
Print ISBN: 9781138002616, 1138002615
eText ISBN: 9781135690359, 1135690359
Edition: 1st
Pages: 312
Copyright year: 1999
Format: EPUB
Available from $ 23.98 USD
SKU: 9781135690359R90
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