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The self psychology of Heinz Kohut has been an important force in
contemporary psychoanalytic thought and its ramifications for
therapy have been extensively explored. Now, Marshall Silverstein
offers the first analysis of the application of self psychology to
projective diagnostic assessment. Differentiating the self
psychological approach from an ego psychological interpretation of
classical drive theory, he clearly outlines the principal
contributions of Kohut, including the concepts of selfobject
functions, empathy, transmuting internalization, and compensatory
structure. Providing numerous clinical examples, he shows how the
major selfobject functions of mirroring, idealization, and twinship
can be identified on projective tests. Silverstein then
demonstrates how conventional assessment approaches to grandiosity,
self-esteem, and idealization can be reconceptualized within the
framework of self psychology, and he also contrasts ego
psychological interpretations with self psychological
interpretations. This book makes a strong case for the importance
of the clinical identification of self states.It will help
practitioners understand their patients' varied attempts to repair
an injury to the self to restore self-esteem (compensatory
structure) and the clinical consequences of self-disorders,
including disintegration products such as narcissistic rage and
affect states characterized by empty depression, chronic boredom,
and lack of zest.
The self psychology of Heinz Kohut has been an important force in
contemporary psychoanalytic thought and its ramifications for
therapy have been extensively explored. Now, Marshall Silverstein
offers the first analysis of the application of self psychology to
projective diagnostic assessment. Differentiating the self
psychological approach from an ego psychological interpretation of
classical drive theory, he clearly outlines the principal
contributions of Kohut, including the concepts of selfobject
functions, empathy, transmuting internalization, and compensatory
structure. Providing numerous clinical examples, he shows how the
major selfobject functions of mirroring, idealization, and twinship
can be identified on projective tests. Silverstein then
demonstrates how conventional assessment approaches to grandiosity,
self-esteem, and idealization can be reconceptualized within the
framework of self psychology, and he also contrasts ego
psychological interpretations with self psychological
interpretations.
This book makes a strong case for the importance of the clinical
identification of self states. It will help practitioners
understand their patients' varied attempts to repair an injury to
the self to restore self-esteem (compensatory structure) and the
clinical consequences of self-disorders, including disintegration
products such as narcissistic rage and affect states characterized
by empty depression, chronic boredom, and lack of zest.
Comprised of five unique and extended case studies, Personality
Assessment in Depth examines contemporary clinical problems that
are familiar to clinicians, but have not been explored extensively
in the personality assessment field. Each case study demonstrates
the test protocols of the Rorschach test, Thematic Apperception
Test, MMPI or MCMI, and Human Figure Drawings. Important clinical
questions and areas of theoretical concern are examined, including
differential diagnosis of disorders of affect and personality in
light of contemporary viewpoints about these disturbances,
personality and adaptation accompanying neuropsychological deficit,
and stages of development, including differentiating these from
personality characteristics viewed longitudinally, the latter
demonstrated by a noteworthy comparison of two evaluations of the
same patient, first as a 15-year-old adolescent and then as a
25-year-old adult. A battery of performance and self report
personality instruments are applied to the cases, allowing the
author to integrate findings across multiple tests and thereby
expose clinical psychology students to personality assessment in a
broad perspective. Cases are discussed comprehensively, relying on
a thorough consideration of thematic content examined alongside
formal test scores. Further, the Rorschach findings are examined
using both the Exner Comprehensive System and the
recently-introduced Rorschach Performance Assessment System
approaches. The cases are considered using a broad psychodynamic
framework for interpretation, employing classical ego psychology,
object relations, and self psychological theoretical perspectives.
This is an essential casebook for professionals and students,
demonstrating the depth and richness of personality considered
alongside the empirical foundations of personality assessment.
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