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Ego Psychology
Blanck, Gertrude; Blanck, Rubin
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Description for Ego Psychology
Hardback. Suitable for psychotherapists, psychologists, psychoanalysts and social workers, this work illustrates the theory and technique of developmental psychology. It presents the unifying proposal, derived from Freud's concept of an overall ego (the Gesamt Ich), that the ego is the organizing process itself. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
In Ego Psychology II, Gertrude and Rubin Blanck elaborate upon ego psychological theory, extending and broadening it into a psychoanalytic developmental psychology. They present the unifying proposal, derived from Freud's concept of an overall ego (the Gesamt Ich), that the ego is the organizing process itself. Out of this basic proposition, a holistic conception of psychological development evolves. Within the developmental framework established in Ego Psychology II symptom constellation is shown to be unreliable as a guide to diagnosis. A diagram of development is presented to convey that overall development rather than symptomatology provides guidelines for secure diagnosis and ... Read more
In Ego Psychology II, Gertrude and Rubin Blanck elaborate upon ego psychological theory, extending and broadening it into a psychoanalytic developmental psychology. They present the unifying proposal, derived from Freud's concept of an overall ego (the Gesamt Ich), that the ego is the organizing process itself. Out of this basic proposition, a holistic conception of psychological development evolves. Within the developmental framework established in Ego Psychology II symptom constellation is shown to be unreliable as a guide to diagnosis. A diagram of development is presented to convey that overall development rather than symptomatology provides guidelines for secure diagnosis and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
Number of Pages
274
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231044707
SKU
V9780231044707
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Reviews for Ego Psychology
Only a reading of the illustrative examples here furnished of exchanges between therapists and patients can possibly convey the accuracy, sensitivity, and finesse which might at present be designated, for want of a better term, the process of 'ego building' as employed by the authors.
Nathaniel Ross, M.D.
Nathaniel Ross, M.D.