In Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology: A Comprehensive
Text, Frank Summers provides thorough, lucid, and critically
informed accounts of the work of major object relations theorists:
Fairbairn, Guntrip, Klein, Winnicott, Kernberg, and Kohut. His
expositions achieve distinction on two counts. First, the work of
each object relations theorist is presented as a comprehensive
whole, with separate sections expounding the theorist's ideas and
assumptions about metapsychology, development, psychopathology, and
treatment, with a critical evaluation of the strengths and
limitations of the theory in question. Second, the emphasis in each
chapter is on issues of clinical understanding and technique.
Making extensive use of case material provided by each of the
theorists, he shows how each object relations theory yields
specific clinical approaches to a variety of syndromes, and how
these approaches entail specific modifications in clinical
technique. Beyond his detailed attention to the theoretical and
technical differences among object relations theories, Summers'
penultimate chapter discusses the similarities and differences of
object relations and interpersonal theories. And his concluding
chapter outlines a pragmatic object relations approach to
development, psychopathology, and technique that combines elements
of all object relations theories without opting for any single
theory. Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology is that rare
event in psychoanalytic publishing: a substantial, readable text
that surveys a broad expanse of theoretical and clinical landscape
with erudition, sympathy, and critical perspective. It will be
essential reading for all analysts, psychologists, psychiatrists,
and social workers who wish to familiarize themselves with object
relations theories in general, sharpen their understanding of the
work of specific object relations theorists, or enhance their
ability to employ these theories in their clinical work.
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