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A major addition to the psychoanalytic casebook literature, Errant Selves is a collection of case studies dedicated to the psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of behaviour disorders. Guided by the self-psychological theoretical framework presented by Arnold Goldberg in Being of Two Minds (TAP, 1999), the contributors to this volume explore cases of perversions, delinquencies, and addictions in which the misbehaviour at issue serves primarily to ward off painful affects or states of dysphoria in order to achieve a feeling of self-cohesion. Collectively, these case studies demarcate with new clinical immediacy the category of narcissistic behaviour disorders: patients who are driven to perverse or delinquent actions in order to maintain a viable sense of self, but who are simultaneously repulsed by these very misbehaviours, which are lodged in a 'parallel self' beyond their control.

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Author:   Arnold I. Goldberg (Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Illinois, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Analytic Press,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780881633337

ISBN 10:   088163333
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 November 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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This collection of cases is a striking example of psychoanalytic research conducted by a group of analysts sharing their work with one another. The cases are not only intriguing and exciting; they are cases rarely seen and even more rarely understood by psychoanalysts. To study the courageously acknowledged foibles and mistakes of our colleagues is both instructive and humbling. - Jerome A. Winer, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago The major problem confronting psychoanalysis today is the paucity of detailed case presentations, the essential data of our scientific enterprise. The psychoanalysts who, under the leadership of Arnold Goldberg, have contributed to Errant Selves have grasped the nettle and provided us with detailed accounts of the treatment of eight patients with 'misbehavior' disorders. Although their technical approach derives from their commitment to a particular theory, self psychology, their freshly insightful and admirably candid accounts of these treatments provides a model that analysts of all persuasions should emulate. The audience for this book is as broad as the field of psychoanalysis itself. - Arnold D. Richards, M.D., Editor, JAPA Errant Selves is a fascinating, innovative, and courageous book. Eight clinicians openly and thoughtfully recount their work with patients whose aberrant behavior most often evoked disdain and condemnation both in the clinicians and in the patients themselves. The book thoughtfully explores the meaning and adaptive use of these misbehaviors and the reciprocal struggles around disavowal stimulated in many of the analysts. The powerful effect of these difficult patients on the clinicians who treated them is beautifully conveyed. The cases are vividly written and a pleasure to read. The book is a major contribution to the psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of a group of patients who many have found too difficult to treat. - Judy Kantrowitz, Ph.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute

<p> This collection of cases is a striking example of psychoanalytic research conducted by a group of analysts sharing their work with one another. The cases are not only intriguing and exciting; they are cases rarely seen and even more rarely understood by psychoanalysts. To study the courageously acknowledged foibles and mistakes of our colleagues is both instructive and humbling. <p>- Jerome A. Winer, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago<p> The major problem confronting psychoanalysis today is the paucity of detailed case presentations, the essential data of our scientific enterprise. The psychoanalysts who, under the leadership of Arnold Goldberg, have contributed to Errant Selves have grasped the nettle and provided us with detailed accounts of the treatment of eight patients with 'misbehavior' disorders. Although their technical approach derives from their commitment to a particular theory, self psychology, their freshly insightful and admirably candid a

This collection of cases is a striking example of psychoanalytic research conducted by a group of analysts sharing their work with one another. The cases are not only intriguing and exciting; they are cases rarely seen and even more rarely understood by psychoanalysts. To study the courageously acknowledged foibles and mistakes of our colleagues is both instructive and humbling. - Jerome A. Winer, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago The major problem confronting psychoanalysis today is the paucity of detailed case presentations, the essential data of our scientific enterprise. The psychoanalysts who, under the leadership of Arnold Goldberg, have contributed to Errant Selves have grasped the nettle and provided us with detailed accounts of the treatment of eight patients with 'misbehavior' disorders. Although their technical approach derives from their commitment to a particular theory, self psychology, their freshly insightful and admirably candid accounts of these treatments provides a model that analysts of all persuasions should emulate. The audience for this book is as broad as the field of psychoanalysis itself. - Arnold D. Richards, M.D., Editor, JAPA Errant Selves is a fascinating, innovative, and courageous book. Eight clinicians openly and thoughtfully recount their work with patients whose aberrant behavior most often evoked disdain and condemnation both in the clinicians and in the patients themselves. The book thoughtfully explores the meaning and adaptive use of these misbehaviors and the reciprocal struggles around disavowal stimulated in many of the analysts. The powerful effect of these difficult patients on the clinicians who treated them is beautifully conveyed. The cases are vividly written and a pleasure to read. The book is a major contribution to the psychoanalytic understanding and treatment of a group of patients who many have found too difficult to treat. - Judy Kantrowitz, Ph.D., Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute

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