The Emerging Self
Subtitle: A Developmental Self & Object Relations Approach to the Treatment of the Closet Narcissistic Disorder of the Self
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: September 1, 1993
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780876307212
Subjects: Abnormal psychology; Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory; Psychotherapy; The self, ego, identity, personality; Psychology; Mental Illness; therapy; Psychopathology - General; Psychiatry - General; Medical : Psychiatry - General; Personality Development; Psychology & Psychiatry / Developmental Psychology; Psychology & Psychiatry / Mental Illness; Countertransference (Psycholog; Borderline Personality Disorde; Borderline Personality Disorder; Narcissism; etiology
First sentence: A therapist baffled by a therapeutic impasse with a "borderline" patient asks for a consultation and gives a good description of the patient's clinical picture: depression, difficulty with self-assertion, clinging in relationships and with the therapist, difficulties with anger and impulse control, an inadequate sense of self, and denial of self-destructive behavior.