Self Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Partners in thought: a clinical process theory of narrative.

29 Jun 2009 Even in the absence of others, we learn about ourselves by imaginatively listening to our own thoughts through the ears of the other. At the beginning of life, we need a witness to become a self. Later, patients listen to themselves as they imagine ... Read more...

Mirror neurons and embodied simulation in the development of archetypes and self-agency.

30 May 2009 In this paper I explore the role of mirror neurons and motor intentionality in the development of self-agency. I suggest that this will also give us a firmer basis for an emergent view of archetypes, as key components in the development trajectory ... Read more...

From self psychology to selves in relationship: a radical process of micro and macro expansion in conceptual experience.

30 Mar 2009 This article traces four shifts in conceptualization marking the theoretical/clinical journey of this author's developmental movement from a self psychologist to a selves-in-relationship psychoanalyst. It commences with a recognition that the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Self Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Partners in thought: a clinical process theory of narrative. 29 Jun 2009
• Are Urban and Colman really in opposition over Fordham's model of the self? 30 May 2009
• Mirror neurons and embodied simulation in the development of archetypes and self-agency. 30 May 2009
• Sketching out a new career. Interview by Frances Pickersgill. 30 May 2009
• Truth, human relatedness, and the analytic process: an interpersonal/relational perspective. 30 Mar 2009
• From self psychology to selves in relationship: a radical process of micro and macro expansion in conceptual experience. 30 Mar 2009
• My life with self psychology. 30 Mar 2009
• Relational trauma and the developing right brain: an interface of psychoanalytic self psychology and neuroscience. 30 Mar 2009
• My relational self psychology. 30 Mar 2009
• The evolution of the psychology of the self: toward a mature narcissism. 30 Mar 2009
• Some key features in the evolution of self psychology and psychoanalysis. 30 Mar 2009
• The journey of a psychoanalyst. 30 Mar 2009
• Peeling the onion: understanding layers of treatment. 30 Mar 2009
• Theory is personal. 30 Mar 2009
• How self psychology found me. 30 Mar 2009
• The road to my (self) psychology. 30 Mar 2009
• Intersubjective systems theory: a fallibilist's journey. 30 Mar 2009
• Self psychology and the modern dance choreographer. 30 Mar 2009
• The interface of self psychology, infant research, and neuroscience in clinical practice. 30 Mar 2009
• Selfobject as dramatis personae: cultivating the improvisational in self-psychological psychoanalysis. 30 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Self Psychology'

Definition: Psychoanalytic theory focusing on interpretation of behavior in reference to self. (From APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Terms, 1994) This elaboration of the psychoanalytic concepts of narcissism and the self, was developed by Heinz Kohut, and stresses the importance of the self-awareness of excessive needs for approval and self-gratification.

Descriptor UI: D019455

Alternative terms: Self Psychology; Psychology, Self;

Related Mesh Headings: Narcissism;

Tree Number: F02.739.794.837;

History Note: 97

Technical Notes: psychoanal theory; normal or pathol; do not confuse with SELF CONCEPT; no qualif; DF: SELF PSYCHOL