Pathologies Of The Self

Author : Phil Mollon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Borderline personality disorder
ISBN : 1913494012

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Pathologies of the Self explores both narcissistic disturbance and borderline states. For several decades of clinical practice, Phil Mollon has explored and pondered the nature and structure of identity as a core aspect of what drives human action. We are collectively trapped in images, either of our own choosing, or imposed on us by others. These illusions of self shape how we think, feel, and behave and are seemingly necessary for our functioning in society. Some of us become invested in grandiose self-images, consistently sacrificing perceptions of truth and reality in the service of maintaining these fictions. In such states, we are blind to both the subjectivity of others and to the deeper and more authentic aspect of self. Narcissism affects all human beings, and its thematic tentacles enter all forms of psychotherapy.“One of the most original thinkers in the mental health profession, Dr. Phil Mollon has written a rich and readable portrait of the complexities of narcissistic and borderline states of mind. Drawing upon a generous range of psychological theories and clinical data, Mollon has provided us with a veritable master class, illuminating these deeply troubling – indeed malignant – features of the human personality.” Professor Brett Kahr, Senior Fellow, Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, London, and Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis and Mental Health, Regent’s School of Psychotherapy and Psychology, Regent’s University London

Author : Phil Mollon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913494004

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Pathologies of the Self by Phil Mollon Pdf

Pathologies of the Self explores both narcissistic disturbance and borderline states. For several decades of clinical practice, Phil Mollon has explored and pondered the nature and structure of identity as a core aspect of what drives human action. We are collectively trapped in images, either of our own choosing, or imposed on us by others. These illusions of self shape how we think, feel, and behave and are seemingly necessary for our functioning in society. Some of us become invested in grandiose selfimages, consistently sacrificing perceptions of truth and reality in the service of maintaining these fictions. In such states, we are blind to both the subjectivity of others and to the deeper and more authentic aspect of self. Narcissism affects all human beings, and its thematic tentacles enter all forms of psychotherapy

Author : Marshall L. Silverstein
Publisher : Personality-Guided Psychology
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Medical
ISBN : UCSC:32106018930971

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Disorders of the Self by Marshall L. Silverstein Pdf

"In this book, Marshall L. Silverstein applies a self psychological viewpoint, as formulated and broadened by Kohut, to understanding personality disorders. He recasts them as disorders of the self, grouping them into one of three patterns, centering on (a) combating devitalization, (b) forestalling fragmentation, or (c) seeking alternative pathways to a cohesive self. He describes each group, outlines its main theoretical viewpoints, and then offers a self psychological reformulation of how the behavior and symptom patterns represent deficits in self-cohesion."--Résumé de l'éditeur.

Author : Todd E. Feinberg M.D.,Julian Paul Keenan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780198038641

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The Lost Self by Todd E. Feinberg M.D.,Julian Paul Keenan Pdf

The Lost Self: Pathologies of the Brain and Identity is an in-depth exploration into one of the most mysterious and controversial topics in neuroscience, neurology, psychiatry, and psychology-namely, the search for the biological basis of the self. The Lost Self is a guide to understanding how the brain creates who we are, and what happens when things go wrong.

Author : James F. Masterson, M.D.,Ralph Klein, M.D.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781134849109

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Psychotherapy of the Disorders of the Self by James F. Masterson, M.D.,Ralph Klein, M.D. Pdf

The Masterson Approach has evolved from 32 years of scientific inquiry, including four formal research projects, nine books, and 75 papers. this volume marks an important stage in a professional journey that has had many turnings. Clinical concern and theoretical introspection evoke a wish to share, which led to writing and teaching. The deepening of this need to build a continuing community of ideas has impelled Masterson to invite those who have learned from him to join me. This book represents their commitment and contribution to the Masterson Approach.

Author : James F. Masterson
Publisher : Zeig Tucker & Theisen Publishers
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1891944339

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The Personality Disorders by James F. Masterson Pdf

The author reflects on his 25 years of work in the personality disorders. He reviews some of the most significant ideas be set forth and wonders out loud how they will cross over into the new millennium. Most have stood the test of time and indeed will serve as a strong foundation for the work that is to come; some have gone through a healthy evolution. A unique highlight is the inclusion of a comprehensive report of a six-year course of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with a patient who has a closet narcissistic defence against neurosis.

Author : Lewis A. Kirshner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135060800

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Having A Life by Lewis A. Kirshner Pdf

What is it about "having a life"- which is to say, about having a sense of separate existence as a subject or self - that is usually taken for granted but is so fragilely maintained in certain patients and, indeed, in most of us at especially difficult times? In Having A Life: Self Pathology After Lacan, Lewis Kirshner takes this Lacanian question as the point of departure for a thoughtful meditation on the conceptual problems and clinical manifestations of pathologies of the self. Beginning with the case of Margaret Little, analyzed by D. W. Winnicott, and proceeding to extended case presentations from his own practice, Kirshner weaves together an avowedly American reading of Lacan with the approaches to self pathology of an influential coterie of theorists. By drawing out common threads in their respective discourses on the self, Kirshner achieves an original integration of Lacanian theory with other contemporary approaches to self pathology. Of special note is his ability to sustain a dialogue between Lacan and Kohut, whose shared clinical object, discernible through divergent vocabularies and conceptions, is the struggle of the subject to avoid fragmentation that would obliterate a sense of aliveness and preclude active engagement with the world. Kirshner's opening chapter on the gifted, troubled Margaret Little and his concluding chapter on the eminent political philosopher Louis Althusser, whose self pathology culminated in his strangling of his wife, Hélène Rytman, in 1980, frame a study that is brilliantly successful in bringing "self" issues down to the messy actualities of lived experience. Analytic therapists no less than students of the human sciences will be edified by this cogent, readable attempt to infuse Lacanian concepts with the conceptual rigor and clinical pragmatism of American psychoanalysis and to apply the resulting model of therapeutic action to a fascinating range of case material.

Author : James F. Masterson, M.D.,Ralph Klein, M.D.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781134864508

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Disorders of the Self by James F. Masterson, M.D.,Ralph Klein, M.D. Pdf

A testament to the vitality of the Masterson Approach to the study and treatment of the disorders of the self, this incisive volume documents the evolution of Masterson's theoretical and clinical work during the past five years. It is comprised of writings by a second generation of clinicians who both carry on and expand the horizons of the Masterson Approach. Disorders of the Self addresses four new areas of great clinical importance from the perspective of developmental, self, and object relations theory. First, Ralph Klein, Clinical Director of the Masterson Institute), has combined the work of Fairburn and Guntrip with the Masterson Approach to develop and updated, broader, original and clinically useful concept of the Schizoid Disorders of the Self. The force of his approach is illustrated by the focus on the schizoid dilemma and the schizoid compromise, vividly depicted with detailed clinical applications. Candace Orcutt, Senior Faculty Member in the Masterson Institute, along with a colleague, then apply the Masterson Approach to the controversial topic of early abuse - physical and/or sexual - to the developing self. Diagnosis and treatment of narcissistic pathology is the focus of section three. Chapters further refine and expand how the disorders of the self triad - self activation leads to anxiety and depression which lead to defenses - operate in both the patient's life and in the therapeutic relationship. The authors identify and illustrate critical points in treatment, detail the technical approach to the closet narcissistic personality disorder, and address the therapeutic management of devaluation and disappointment reactions along with the countertransference reactions they evoke. The volume concludes by delving into arenas beyond individual psychotherapy for disorders of the self. An innovative approach to group therapy combines the Masterson Approach with that of W. Bion, and authors examine the complexities of drug therapy and comorbidity and their interaction with psychodynamic forces. Disorders of the Self will be a vital addition to the armamentarium of any clinician who works with personality disorders. It demonstrates the continued expansion and evolution of a profound theoretical and clinical paradigm - the Masterson Approach - aimed at penetrating and healing the disorders of the self.

Author : James F. Masterson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781451668919

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Search For The Real Self by James F. Masterson Pdf

From the authoritative expert in personality disorders, Search for the Real Self is a thorough dissection of how one’s real self is developed, how it relates to the outer world, and how personality disorders are understood and treated in our modern society. Personality disorders—borderline, narcissistic, and schizoid—have become the classic psychological disorders of our age. Outwardly successful, charming and powerful, personality-disordered individuals have long confounded their colleagues, family, lovers and employees—as well as mental health professionals. The author helps the reader understand them. After describing how the healthy real self develops and functions, he explains what can go wrong. Drawing on case histories, he shows how the false self behaves in relationships and on the job, and then delineates appropriate treatments, offering real hope for cure.

Author : Donald B. Rinsley
Publisher : Jason Aronson
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Medical
ISBN : UVA:X004105623

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Borderline and Other Self Disorders by Donald B. Rinsley Pdf

Dr. Rinsley clearly delineates the borderline and other self disorders from a developmental viewpoint and suggests viable approaches to psychotherapy with these difficult, often elusive patients.

Author : James F. Masterson, M.D.
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317838906

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The Emerging Self: A Developmental,.Self, And Object Relatio by James F. Masterson, M.D. Pdf

First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : David Michael Levin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Depression, Mental
ISBN : 0814750397

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Pathologies of the Modern Self by David Michael Levin Pdf

Author : Heinz Kohut
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780226450148

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The Analysis of the Self by Heinz Kohut Pdf

Psychoanalyst, teacher, and scholar, Heinz Kohut was one of the twentieth century's most important intellectuals. A rebel according to many mainstream psychoanalysts, Kohut challenged Freudian orthodoxy and the medical control of psychoanalysis in America. In his highly influential book The Analysis of the Self, Kohut established the industry standard of the treatment of personality disorders for a generation of analysts. This volume, best known for its groundbreaking analysis of narcissism, is essential reading for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand human personality in its many incarnations. “Kohut has done for narcissism what the novelist Charles Dickens did for poverty in the nineteenth century. Everyone always knew that both existed and were a problem. . . . The undoubted originality is to have put it together in a form which carries appeal to action.”—International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Author : Dan Zahavi
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1556196660

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Exploring the Self by Dan Zahavi Pdf

The aim of this volume is to discuss recent research into self-experience and its disorders, and to contribute to a better integration of the different empirical and conceptual perspectives. Among the topics discussed are questions like 'What is a self?, ' 'What is the relation between the self-givenness of consciousness and the givenness of the conscious self?', 'How should we understand the self-disorders encountered in schizophrenia?' and 'What general insights into the nature of the self can pathological phenomena provide us with?' Most of the contributions are characterized by a distinct phenomenological approach.The chapters by Butterworth, Strawson, Zahavi, and Marbach are general in nature and address different psychological and philosophical aspects of what it means to be a self. Next Eilan, Parnas, and Sass turn to schizophrenia and ask both how we should approach and understand this disorder, and, more specifically, what we can learn about the nature of selfhood and existence from psychopathology. The chapters by Blakemore and Gallagher present a defense and a criticism of the so-called model of self-monitoring, respectively. The final three chapters by Cutting, Stanghellini, Schwartz and Wiggins represent anthropologically oriented attempts to situate pathologies of self-experience.(Series B)

Author : Shaun Gallagher
Publisher : OUP UK
Page : 759 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-10
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199548019

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The Oxford Handbook of the Self by Shaun Gallagher Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of the Self explores a fascinating diversity of questions about our understanding of self from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives, including philosophy, ethics, psychology, neuroscience, psychopathology, narrative, and postmodern theories.