Self and Others by Hamilton, N. Gregory -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Half title Title Copyright Dedication Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Part I Self, Object, and Ego

Chapter 1 The Object Chapter 2 The Self Chapter 3 Self-Object Chapter 4 The Ego

Part II Developing Object Relations

Chapter 5 Separation and Individuation

Autism (0 to 2 Months) Symbiosis (2 to 6 Months) Separation–Individuation (6 to 24 Months) Object Constancy (24 to 36 Months and Beyond)

Chapter 6 Psychological Mechanisms

Integration and Differentiation Projection Incorporation, Introjection, and Identification Splitting Idealization and Devaluation Projective Identification Transitional Object Formation Developing Whole Object Relations Identification

Part III The Object Relations Continuum

Chapter 7 Autism Chapter 8 Schizophrenia Chapter 9 Mania Chapter 10 Borderline Personality Disorder Chapter 11 Narcissistic Personality Disorder Chapter 12 Neurotic and Normal Personalities

Part IV Treatment

Chapter 13 Relationship within Technique

History Relationship within Technique: Clinical Example The Relationship in Technical Terms The Container and the Contained The Holding Environment and the Good Enough Mother Empathy Titrating the Closeness and the Need–Fear Dilemma Positive Projective Identification Attitude and Technique

Chapter 14 Technique within Relationship

Insight and Growth Clarification, Confrontation, and Interpretation Confronting Structure Breaks Setting Limits Confronting Negative Transference Confronting Acting Out Juxtaposing Good and Bad Object Relations Units Clarifying Self and Object in Projective Identification Supporting Self-Esteem while Confronting the Grandiose Self

Chapter 15 Countertransference

Projective Identification and Countertransference The Container and the Contained Boredom Devaluing Therapeutic Zeal Victim–Victimizer Roles Anger and Guilt Positive Countertransference

Chapter 16 Groups, Systems, and Parallel Processes

General Systems Theory Boundary Classification Basic Assumption Groups Splitting in Groups Parallel Processes in Supervision Families and Borderline Personality Disorder Families and Schizophrenia

Part V Broader Contexts

Chapter 17 Folklore, Myths, and Transformations of the Self

History Differentiation Practicing Rapprochement Oedipal Development

Chapter 18 Reality Is Relatedness

Psychosis and Unreality Psychosis and Conviction Out-of-Body Experiences Reality in Culture Relativity and Reality A Return to the Concrete

Chapter 19 The Evolution of Object Relations Theory

Sigmund Freud The Melanie Klein–Anna Freud Debate Fairbairn, Bion, and Winnicott North American Ego Psychology The Interpersonal School of Psychiatry South American Object Relations Theory Kernberg Other Integrations The Kernberg–Kohut Debate Family Therapy and Object Relations Theory Hypnotism and Object Relations Theory

References Index