James F. Masterson M. D.

The Real Self (eBook, PDF)

A Developmental, Self And Object Relations Approach

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1985. This informative volume examines the clinical research linking normal separation-individuation with object relations theory and developmental psychopathology. It focuses on the core problem-the lack of a concept of the self-integrated with object relations theory. By adding a theory of the self to object relations theory, the book both enlarges and more acutely focuses the therapeutic perspective, thereby enhancing work with patients. It also further enables therapists to clarify their own real selves. Dr. Masterson's thesis is that, for the real self to finally emerge from the symbiotic union and assume its full capacities, identification, acknowledgment, and support are required from the mother and father in early development and from the therapist in psychotherapy. Dr. Masterson describes and illustrates the therapeutic technique of communicative matching and provides the necessary acknowledgment while maintaining therapeutic neutrality. Part I reviews psychoanalytic theory of the ego and the emerging real self; its structure, function, development, and its psychopathology and treatment. Part II explores the relationship between maternal libidinal acknowledgment and the development of the real self by a crosscultural comparison of child raising in Japan, Israel, and the United States. It then describes the influence of social and cultural factors on the functioning of the real self in the United States. Part III on Creativity and the Real Self draws upon fairy tales, Jean Paul Sartre, Edvard Munch, and the life and work of the novelist Thomas Wolfe to show how for some artists creativity becomes a crucial vehicle in their search to establish a real self. This section illuminates the nature of personal and artistic creativity and describes how a professional interest in the functioning of the real self leads inevitably to an interest in the ultimate of self-expression-creativity. Of special interest are the numerous case illustrations drawn from Masterson's extensive clinical work showing how acknowledgment and support enable the real self to fully emerge from the symbiotic union and to assume its full capacities.)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134844340
• Artikelnr.: 39478214

Autorenporträt

Masterson, M.D., James F.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Theory and Clinical Work
Chapter 1 Acknowledgment of the Emerging Real Self
Chapter 2 Psychoanalytic Theories of the Self
Chapter 3 The Real Self
Chapter 4 The Impaired Real Self
Chapter 5 Treatment of the Impaired Real Self
Part 2 Sociocultural
Chapter 6 The Development of the Real Self and Maternal Libidinal Acknowledgment
Chapter 7 Sociocultural Values and the Real Self
Part 3 Creativity and the Real Self
Chapter 8 Personal and Artistic Creativity
Chapter 9 Thomas Wolfe's Quest for a Real Self-The Struggle
Chapter 10 Thomas Wolfe's Quest for a Real Self-Part Ial Fulfillment
Chapter 11 Discussion and Summary