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Self psychology, the Glossary

Index Self psychology

Self psychology, a modern psychoanalytic theory and its clinical applications, was conceived by Heinz Kohut in Chicago in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, and is still developing as a contemporary form of psychoanalytic treatment.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 31 relations: Alter ego, Comfort object, Donald Winnicott, Drive theory, Empathy, Heinz Kohut, History of narcissism, Idealization and devaluation, Jacob Arlow, Jacques Lacan, Linus Van Pelt, Melanie Klein, Metacognition, Metanarrative, Mirror stage, Mirroring, Moustafa Safouan, Negative transference, Object relations theory, Oedipus complex, Projective identification, Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic theory, Psychodynamics, Sigmund Freud, The Culture of Narcissism, The Imaginary (psychoanalysis), The Symbolic, Therapeutic relationship, Transference, Vicariousness.

  2. Object relations theory
  3. Psychoanalytic schools

Alter ego

An alter ego (Latin for "other I") means an alternate self, which is believed to be distinct from a person's normal or true original personality.

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Comfort object

A comfort object, more formally a transitional object or attachment object, is an item used to provide psychological comfort, especially in unusual or unique situations, or at bedtime for children. Self psychology and comfort object are object relations theory.

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Donald Winnicott

Donald Woods Winnicott (7 April 1896 – 25 January 1971) was an English paediatrician and psychoanalyst who was especially influential in the field of object relations theory and developmental psychology.

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Drive theory

In psychology, a drive theory, theory of drives or drive doctrine is a theory that attempts to analyze, classify or define the psychological drives.

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Empathy

Empathy is generally described as the ability to take on another's perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their experience.

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Heinz Kohut

Heinz Kohut (May 3, 1913 – October 8, 1981) was a Jewish Austrian-born American psychoanalyst best known for his development of self psychology, an influential school of thought within psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory which helped transform the modern practice of analytic and dynamic treatment approaches.

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History of narcissism

The concept of excessive selfishness has been recognized throughout history.

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Idealization and devaluation

Psychoanalytic theory posits that an individual unable to integrate difficult feelings mobilizes specific defenses to overcome these feelings, which the individual perceives to be unbearable.

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Jacob Arlow

Jacob A. Arlow (1912–2004) was an American teacher, scholar, and clinician who served as president of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the New York Psychoanalytic Institute.

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Jacques Lacan

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist.

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Linus Van Pelt

Linus Van Pelt is a fictional character in Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts.

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Melanie Klein

Melanie Klein (née Reizes; 30 March 1882 – 22 September 1960) was an Austrian-British author and psychoanalyst known for her work in child analysis.

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Metacognition is an awareness of one's thought processes and an understanding of the patterns behind them.

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A metanarrative (also meta-narrative and grand narrative; métarécit or grand récit) is a narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience, or knowledge, which offers a society legitimation through the anticipated completion of a (as yet unrealized) master idea.

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Mirror stage

The mirror stage (stade du miroir) is a concept in the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan.

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Mirroring

Mirroring is the behavior in which one person subconsciously imitates the gesture, speech pattern, or attitude of another.

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Moustafa Safouan

Moustafa or Moustapha Safouan (مصطفى صفوان, 17 May 1921–7 November 2020) was an Egyptian psychoanalyst.

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Negative transference

Negative transference is the psychoanalytic term for the transference of negative and hostile feelings, rather than positive ones, onto a therapist (or other emotional object).

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Object relations theory

Object relations theory is a school of thought in psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalysis centered around theories of stages of ego development.

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Oedipus complex

In classical psychoanalytic theory, the Oedipus complex (also spelled Œdipus complex) refers to a son's sexual attitude towards his mother and concomitant hostility toward his father, first formed during the phallic stage of psychosexual development.

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Projective identification

Projective identification is a term introduced by Melanie Klein and then widely adopted in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

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Psychoanalysis

PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: +. is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge. Self psychology and psychoanalysis are psychotherapy.

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Psychoanalytic theory

Psychoanalytic theory is the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development relating to the practice of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology.

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Psychodynamics

Psychodynamics, also known as psychodynamic psychology, in its broadest sense, is an approach to psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces underlying human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.

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The Culture of Narcissism

The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations (1979), by Christopher Lasch, is a psychological and cultural, artistic and historical synthesis that explores the roots and ramifications of the normalization of pathological narcissism in 20th-century American culture.

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The Imaginary (psychoanalysis)

The Imaginary (or Imaginary Order) is one of three terms in the psychoanalytic perspective of Jacques Lacan, along with the Symbolic and the Real.

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The Symbolic

The Symbolic (or Symbolic Order of the Borromean knot) is the order in the unconscious that gives rise to subjectivity and bridges intersubjectivity between two subjects; an example is Jacques Lacan's idea of desire as the desire of the Other, maintained by the Symbolic's subjectification of the Other into speech.

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Therapeutic relationship

The therapeutic relationship refers to the relationship between a healthcare professional and a client or patient.

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Transference

Transference (Übertragung) is a phenomenon within psychotherapy in which repetitions of old feelings, attitudes, desires, or fantasies that someone displaces are subconsciously projected onto a here-and-now person.

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Vicariousness

Vicariousness refers to qualities or scenarios wherein one experiences another person's life, through imaginative or sympathetic participation.

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See also

Object relations theory

Psychoanalytic schools

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_psychology

Also known as Self-psychology.