How Does Analysis Cure?
Heinz Kohut
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Paperback. The Austro-American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut was one of the foremost leaders in his field and developed the school of self-psychology. In this book, he presents the theoretical framework for self-psychology and carefully lays out how the self develops over the course of time. It is suitable for working psychoanalysts. Editor(s): Goldberg, Arnold. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
The Austro-American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut was one of the foremost leaders in his field and developed the school of self-psychology, which sets aside the Freudian explanations for behavior and looks instead at self/object relationships and empathy in order to shed light on human behavior. In How Does Analysis Cure? Kohut presents the theoretical framework for self-psychology and carefully lays out how the self develops over the course of time. Kohut also specifically defines mental health and mental illness in relation to the Ocdipus complex and narcissism, while investigating the nature of analysis itself as treatment and cure for ... Read more
The Austro-American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut was one of the foremost leaders in his field and developed the school of self-psychology, which sets aside the Freudian explanations for behavior and looks instead at self/object relationships and empathy in order to shed light on human behavior. In How Does Analysis Cure? Kohut presents the theoretical framework for self-psychology and carefully lays out how the self develops over the course of time. Kohut also specifically defines mental health and mental illness in relation to the Ocdipus complex and narcissism, while investigating the nature of analysis itself as treatment and cure for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
360g
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226006000
SKU
V9780226006000
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About Heinz Kohut
Heinz Kohut (1913-81) was professorial lecturer in psychiatry at the University of Chicago and president of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He is the author of many books, including The Curve of Life and The Analysis of the Self, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
Reviews for How Does Analysis Cure?
A landmark book which will exert increasing influence with passing time.... Its success lies in the accomplishment of its stated aims. (Carl T. Rotenberg, Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis)