Empathic Attunement: The ’Technique’ of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology

337 Pages·2000·3.56 MB·English

by  Crayton E. Rowe Jr.

About the Authors
Crayton E. Rowe, Jr., received an M.S.W. from Hunter College
School of Social Work. He is a member and Training Analyst for The
New York Freudian Society and the National Ps~~chological
Association for Psychoanalysis. He is a founding member of the New
York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, chairman of the
national membership committee on psychoanalysis of the National
Federation of Societies for Clinical Social Work, and was elected a
Distinguished Practitioner of Social Work of the National Academies
of Practice. Rowe is a clinical supervisor at the University Settlement
Consultation Center and maintains a private practice in psychoanaly-
sis and psychotherapy in New York City.
David S. Mac Isaac, Ph.D., received his training at Fordham
University and the New York Center for Psychoanalytic Training. He
is a section one member of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the
American Psychological Association. Dr. Mac Isaac is a board mem-
ber of the Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New
Jersey and a founding member of the New York Institute for
Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. He maintains a private practice in psy-
chotherapy and psychoanalysis in Englewood, New Jersey.
EMPATHIC
ATTUNEMENT
THE CLTECHNIQUE77
OF PSYCHOANALYTIC
SELF PSYCHOLOGY
CRAYTON E. ROWE, JR.,
M.S.W.
DAVID S. MAC ISAAC,
P~.D.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I
Understanding from the Vantage Point
of the Patient's Experience
Chapter 1. Kohut the Man
vi Contents
Chapter 2. Empathy- Its Definition
and Functions
Chapter 3. The Selfobject Concept
and Selfobject Transference
Chapter 4. Stages in the Development of the Self
PART I1
Treatment in Sell Psychology
Chapter 5. Transmuting Internalization
Chapter 6. Mental Health and Illness
Chapter 7. The Place of Drives in Self Psychology
Chapter 8. Defense and Resistance
Chapter 9. Dreams
Chapter 10. The Curative Process
PART I11
Clinical Applications of Self Psychology
Chapter 11. Kohut's Two Analyses of Mr. Z.
Chapter 12. Treatment of a Narcissistic
Personality Disorder:
The Case of Ms. 0.
Contents
Chapter 13. Expanding Attunement to the
Patient's Shifting Experience:
The Case of Ms. 0.
Chapter 14. Development of the
Therapeutic Process:
The Case of Ms. 0.
Chapter 15. More Specific Understanding:
The Case of Ms. 0.
Chapter 16. Treatment of a Borderline
Personality Disorder:
The Case of Mr. V.
Chapter 17. Development of the
Therapeutic Process:
The Case of Mr. V.
Chapter 18. More Specific Understanding:
The Case of Mr. V. 273
Chapter 19. The Empathic-Introspective Approach 30 1
References
Index