Jason Aronson, Inc.
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978-1-56821-774-1 • Paperback • February 1995 • $66.00 • (£51.00)
Jill Savege Scharff, M.D., is co-director of the International Institute of Object Relations Therapy and clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University. David E. Scharff, M.D., is co-director of the International Institute of Object Relations Therapy and clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University and the Uniformed Services University.
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Chapter 1 The Self and Its Objects
Part 1 Overview of the Concepts of British Object Relations Theory
Chapter 2 Basic Freudian Concepts
Part 2 Object Relations Theory in Practice
Chapter 3 From Freud to Object Relations Theory
Chapter 4 Endopsychic Structure
Chapter 5 Projective and Introjective Identification and Containment
Chapter 6 The Holding Environment
Chapter 7 The Concept of Positions
Chapter 8 Attachment Theory
Chapter 9 Neurobiology and Affect Regulation
Chapter 10 Trauma
Chapter 11 Chaos Theory
Chapter 12 The Therapeutic Relationship and the Geography of the Transference
Chapter 13 Relation to Other Theoretical Systems and Clinical Approaches
Chapter 14 Principles of Assessment
Chapter 15 Technique I: Setting the Frame, Impartiality, Psychological Space, and the Use of the Therapist's Self
Chapter 16 Technique II: Working with Transference, Countertransference, and Interpretation
Chapter 17 Technique III: The Use of Dreams, Fantasy, and Play
Chapter 18 Breif Therapy
Chapter 19 Technique and Theory Review with Clinical Illustration
Chapter 20 Working Through and Termination
Chapter 21 Integration of Individual Therapy with Couple, Family, Group, and Sex Therapies
Chapter 22 The Application of Object Relations Theory to Various Syndromes and Populations
Chapter 23 The Role and Experience of the Object Relations Therapist
Chapter 24 The Devolpment of Therapeutic Capacity
Chapter 25 A Guide to Further Reading
In the last two decades, object relations theory has crossed the Atlantic and taken America by storm. The enthusiasm among American clinicians for the British School, however, has led to a host of problems related to the need to master a new terminology.The difficulty in assimilating object relations theory is one more example of the aphorism that America and England are two countries separated by a common language. The Scharffs have taken a giant step forward in assisting American therapists in their efforts to master the language of object relations theory. With this primer they have anticipated the reader's questions at every turn and have answered them in remarkably clear and readable prose. Terms like projective identification, holding, containment, and self are freed from obscurity and made entirely understandable to even the novice clinician. The authors then apply these concepts to a variety of clinical settings. The Scharffs are equally at home when doing individual, family, marital, group,or sex therapy. It is difficult to imagine any other team of authors who could provide such a comprehensive survey of the broad applications of object relations theory. Students in all the mental health professions will find this slim volume to be an extr
— Glen O. Gabbard
Here at last is a practical and informative guide to object relations therapy. This wonderful primer stands alongside Charles Brenner's classic, An Elementary Textbook of Psychoanalysis, as a clear and comprehensive manual for students, teachers, and therapists alike. Bless you Jill and David Scharff for writing this gem of a book."
— Michael P. Nichols
As object relations theory matures, its clarity improves. David and Jill Scharff's The Primer of Object Relations Therapy is a lucid contribution to the refinement of this clinical orientation.
— N. Gregory Hamilton
Jill and David Scharff have succeeded in gathering together and lucidly describing the fundamental concepts comprising object relations theory and its clinical application. The book is clear in its layout, its language, and its clinical illustrations. Itis a tribute to these authors that clarity of exposition has not led to oversimplificationnnn
— Thomas H. Ogden
Jill and David Scharff have succeeded in gathering together and lucidly describing the fundamental concepts comprising object relations theory and its clinical application. The book is clear in its layout, its language, and its clinical illustrations. It is a tribute to these authors that clarity of exposition has not led to oversimplification
— Thomas H. Ogden
In the last two decades, object relations theory has crossed the Atlantic and taken America by storm. The enthusiasm among American clinicians for the British School, however, has led to a host of problems related to the need to master a new terminology. The difficulty in assimilating object relations theory is one more example of the aphorism that America and England are two countries separated by a common language. The Scharffs have taken a giant step forward in assisting American therapists in their efforts to master the language of object relations theory. With this primer they have anticipated the reader's questions at every turn and have answered them in remarkably clear and readable prose. Terms like projective identification, holding, containment, and self are freed from obscurity and made entirely understandable to even the novice clinician. The authors then apply these concepts to a variety of clinical settings. The Scharffs are equally at home when doing individual, family, marital, group, or sex therapy. It is difficult to imagine any other team of authors who could provide such a comprehensive survey of the broad applications of object relations theory. Students in all the mental health professions will find this slim volume to be an extraordinarily useful introduction to the field.
— Glen O. Gabbard