The Use of the Object in Psychoanalysis: An Object Relations Perspective on the Other

Author:   David E. Scharff, M.D. (Co-Director, International Psychotherapy Institute and private practice, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367189167


Pages:   134
Publication Date:   11 July 2019
Format:   Paperback
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"Using Winnicott’s classic paper as its starting point, this fascinating collection explores a range of clinical and theoretical psychoanalytic perspectives around relating to ""the object."" Each author approaches the topic from a different angle, switching among the patient’s use of others in their internal and external lives, their use of their therapist, and the therapist’s own use of their patients. The use of objects is susceptible to wide interpretation and elaboration; it is both a normal phenomenon and a marker for certain personal difficulties, or even psychopathologies, seen in clinical practice. While it is normal for people to relate to others through the lens of their internal objects in ways that give added meaning to aspects of their lives, it becomes problematic when people live as if devoid of a self and instead live almost exclusively through the others who form their internal worlds, often leading them to feel that they cannot be happy until and unless others change. Assessing the significance of objects among adult and child patients, groups and the group-as-object, and exploring Freud’s own use of objects, The Use of the Object in Psychoanalysis will be of significant interest both to experienced psychoanalysts and psychotherapists and to trainees exploring important theoretical questions."

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Author:   David E. Scharff, M.D. (Co-Director, International Psychotherapy Institute and private practice, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.256kg
ISBN:  

9780367189167


ISBN 10:   036718916
Pages:   134
Publication Date:   11 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction David E. Scharff Chapter 1 David E. Scharff Living Through Objects Chapter 2 Jim Poulton What Does the Other (in Our Patients' Lives) Have to Do with It? Chapter 3 Carl Bagnini Dreaming Up, Re-Finding, and Grieving Lost Objects: A Case Study Chapter 4 Caroline Sehon Illuminating the Shadows of the Object World Chapter 5 Nancy Bakalar Analysis Interminable: The Analyst’s Self as Object for the Patient Chapter 6 Ron Aviram Can an Ingroup be an Internal Object: Explorations of the Social Object Representation Concept Chapter 7 Juan Tubert-Oklander Beyond Subject and Object or Why Object–Usage Is Not a Good Idea Chapter 8 Jill Savege Scharff The Internal Object in Self and Other Epilogue David Scharff

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By compiling and editing this superb volume, David Scharff has made an important contribution to our field. Each of the original and informative essays in the book enhances our understanding and appreciation of the various uses of the object, a topic of great importance and one that has been much neglected in the literature. This landmark work not only corrects that defficiency, but provides a valuable educational experience for students and practitioners alike. This is a book that belongs in the library of every analytic therapist. --Theodore Jacobs, MD, member of the New York Psychoanalytic Association, Author, The Use of the Self and The Possible Profession


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David E. Scharff, MD, is Co-Founder and Chair Emeritus of the Board, International Psychotherapy Institute, Chair of the International Psychoanalytic Association’s Committee on Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, and Editor of the journal Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China.

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