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The Real Self : A Developmental, Self and Object Relations Approach

The Real Self : A Developmental, Self and Object Relations Approach

The Real Self : A Developmental, Self and Object Relations Approach Hardback - 1985

by Masterson,, James F

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Routledge, 1985. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title The Real Self : A Developmental, Self and Object Relations Approach
  • Author Masterson,, James F
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition, 2
  • Condition Used - Acceptable
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1985
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0876304005I5N00
  • ISBN 9780876304006 / 0876304005
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.26 x 6.23 x 0.88 in (23.52 x 15.82 x 2.24 cm)
  • Category Psychology
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychotherapy, Self
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 85012824
  • Dewey Decimal Code 155.2
  • Quantity available 2

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First Published in 1985. This informative volume examines the clinical research linking nor-mal separation-individuation with object relations theory and devel-opmental 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 acknowledg-ment while maintaining therapeutic neutrality. Part I reviews psychoanalytic theory of the ego and the emerging real self; its structure, function, development, and its psychopathol-ogy and treatment. Part II explores the relationship between maternal libidinal ac-knowledgment and the development of the real self by a cross-cultural 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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