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Fairbairn's Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting

Author : David P. Celani
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231149077
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Fairbairn's Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting written by David P. Celani and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W. R. D. Fairbairn (1889-1964) challenged the dominance of Freud's drive theory with a psychoanalytic theory based on the internalization of human relationships. Fairbairn assumed that the unconscious develops in childhood and contains dissociated memories of parental neglect, insensitivity, and outright abuse that are impossible the children to tolerate consciously. In Fairbairn's model, these dissociated memories protect developing children from recognizing how badly they are being treated and allow them to remain attached even to physically abusive parents. Attachment is paramount in Fairbairn's model, as he recognized that children are absolutely and unconditionally dependent on their parents. Kidnapped children who remain attached to their abusive captors despite opportunities to escape illustrate this intense dependency, even into adolescence. At the heart of Fairbairn's model is a structural theory that organizes actual relational events into three self-and-object pairs: one conscious pair (the central ego, which relates exclusively to the ideal object in the external world) and two mostly unconscious pairs (the child's antilibidinal ego, which relates exclusively to the rejecting parts of the object, and the child's libidinal ego, which relates exclusively to the exciting parts of the object). The two dissociated self-and-object pairs remain in the unconscious but can emerge and suddenly take over the individual's central ego. When they emerge, the "other" is misperceived as either an exciting or a rejecting object, thus turning these internal structures into a source of transferences and reenactments. Fairbairn's central defense mechanism, splitting, is the fast shift from central ego dominance to either the libidinal ego or the antilibidinal ego-a near perfect model of the borderline personality disorder. In this book, David Celani reviews Fairbairn's five foundational papers and outlines their application in the clinical setting. He discusses the four unconscious structures and offers the clinician concrete suggestions on how to recognize and respond to them effectively in the heat of the clinical interview. Incorporating decades of experience into his analysis, Celani emphasizes the internalization of the therapist as a new "good" object and devotes entire sections to the treatment of histrionic, obsessive, and borderline personality disorders.

Fairbairn’s Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting

Author : David P. Celani
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231520239
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Fairbairn’s Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting written by David P. Celani and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: W. R. D. Fairbairn (1889-1964) challenged the dominance of Freud's drive theory with a psychoanalytic theory based on the internalization of human relationships. Fairbairn assumed that the unconscious develops in childhood and contains dissociated memories of parental neglect, insensitivity, and outright abuse that are impossible the children to tolerate consciously. In Fairbairn's model, these dissociated memories protect developing children from recognizing how badly they are being treated and allow them to remain attached even to physically abusive parents. Attachment is paramount in Fairbairn's model, as he recognized that children are absolutely and unconditionally dependent on their parents. Kidnapped children who remain attached to their abusive captors despite opportunities to escape illustrate this intense dependency, even into adolescence. At the heart of Fairbairn's model is a structural theory that organizes actual relational events into three self-and-object pairs: one conscious pair (the central ego, which relates exclusively to the ideal object in the external world) and two mostly unconscious pairs (the child's antilibidinal ego, which relates exclusively to the rejecting parts of the object, and the child's libidinal ego, which relates exclusively to the exciting parts of the object). The two dissociated self-and-object pairs remain in the unconscious but can emerge and suddenly take over the individual's central ego. When they emerge, the "other" is misperceived as either an exciting or a rejecting object, thus turning these internal structures into a source of transferences and reenactments. Fairbairn's central defense mechanism, splitting, is the fast shift from central ego dominance to either the libidinal ego or the antilibidinal ego-a near perfect model of the borderline personality disorder. In this book, David Celani reviews Fairbairn's five foundational papers and outlines their application in the clinical setting. He discusses the four unconscious structures and offers the clinician concrete suggestions on how to recognize and respond to them effectively in the heat of the clinical interview. Incorporating decades of experience into his analysis, Celani emphasizes the internalization of the therapist as a new "good" object and devotes entire sections to the treatment of histrionic, obsessive, and borderline personality disorders.

From Instinct to Self: Applications and early contributions

Author : William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Instinct to Self: Applications and early contributions written by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1994 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory

Author : Jay R. Greenberg
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674417003
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory written by Jay R. Greenberg and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory provides a masterful overview of the central issue concerning psychoanalysts today: finding a way to deal in theoretical terms with the importance of the patient's relationships with other people. Just as disturbed and distorted relationships lie at the core of the patient's distress, so too does the relation between analyst and patient play a key role in the analytic process. All psychoanalytic theories recognize the clinical centrality of “object relations,” but much else about the concept is in dispute. In their ground-breaking exercise in comparative psychoanalysis, the authors offer a new way to understand the dramatic and confusing proliferation of approaches to object relations. The result is major clarification of the history of psychoanalysis and a reliable guide to the fundamental issues that unite and divide the field. Greenberg and Mitchell, both psychoanalysts in private practice in New York, locate much of the variation in the concept of object relations between two deeply divergent models of psychoanalysis: Freud's model, in which relations with others are determined by the individual's need to satisfy primary instinctual drives, and an alternative model, in which relationships are taken as primary. The authors then diagnose the history of disagreement about object relations as a product of competition between these disparate paradigms. Within this framework, Sullivan's interpersonal psychiatry and the British tradition of object relations theory, led by Klein, Fairbairn, Winnicott, and Guntrip, are shown to be united by their rejection of significant aspects of Freud's drive theory. In contrast, the American ego psychology of Hartmann, Jacobson, and Kernberg appears as an effort to enlarge the classical drive theory to accommodate information derived from the study of object relations. Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory offers a conceptual map of the most difficult terrain in psychoanalysis and a history of its most complex disputes. In exploring the counterpoint between different psychoanalytic schools and traditions, it provides a synthetic perspective that is a major contribution to the advance of psychoanalytic thought.

An Introduction to Object Relations

Author : Lavinia Gomez
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814730959
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Object Relations written by Lavinia Gomez and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1997-03 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be human? Object relations, the British- based development of classic Freudian psychoanalytic theory, is based on the belief that the human being is essentially social; the need for relationship is central to the definition of the self. Object relations theory forms the base of psychoanalysts' work, including Melanie Klein, D. W. Winnicott, W. R. D. Fairbairn, Michael Balint, H.J.S. Guntrip, and John Bowlby. Lavinia Gomez here provides an introduction to the main theories and applications of object relations. Through its detailed focus on internal and interpersonal unconscious processes, object relations can help psychotherapists, counselors and others in social service professions to understand and work with people who may otherwise seem irrational, unpredictable and baffling.

Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology

Author : Frank Summers
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000966992
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology written by Frank Summers and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-27 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book is used on many psychoanalytic training courses, including in China, and new edition brings it up to date * Covers classic analysts such as Kohut and contemporary ones such as Kernberg * Offers a comprehensive guide to object relations theory and practice

Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality

Author : W. R. D. Fairbairn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134842139
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Book Synopsis Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality by : W. R. D. Fairbairn

Download or read book Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality written by W. R. D. Fairbairn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-04-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1952, W.R.D. Fairbairn's Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality re-oriented psychoanalysis by centering human development on the infant's innate need for relationships, describing the process of splitting and the internal dynamic relationship between ego and object. His elegant theory is still a vital framework of psychoanalytic theory and practice, infant research, group relations and family therapy. This classic collection of papers, available for the first time in paperback, has a new introduction by David Scharff and Elinor Fairbairn Birtles which sets Fairbairn's highly original work in context, provides an overview of object relations theory, and traces modern developments, launched by Fairbairn's discoveries.

Theories of Object Relations

Author : Howard A. Bacal
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231061025
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Theories of Object Relations written by Howard A. Bacal and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the work of the major contributors to object relations theories, this book covers the work of the major American and British contributors to object relations theory, focusing on the ways in which these theories anticipated and enriched the emerging field of self psychology.

Leaving Home

Author : David Celani
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231134770
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Leaving Home written by David Celani and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relinquishing family attachments that failed to meet childhood needs is the most difficult task individuals can undertake as they grow into adulthood. Leaving Home not only emphasizes the life-saving benefits of separating from toxic parents but also offers a viable program for personal emancipation. David P. Celani centers his program on Object Relations Theory, a branch of psychoanalysis developed by Scottish analyst Ronald Fairbairn. The human personality, Fairbairn argued, is not the result of inherited (and thus immutable) instincts. Rather, the developing child builds internal relational templates rooted in conscious and unconscious memories he internalized in childhood, and these guide his future interactions with others. While an attachment to neglectful or even abusive parents is not uncommon, there is a way out. Eloquent, relatable, and filled with rich examples taken from more than two decades of clinical practice, Leaving Home outlines the practical steps necessary to become a healthy adult.

Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Soc

Author : Eda Goldstein
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451603185
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Soc written by Eda Goldstein and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-07-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Object Relations and Self Psychology are two leading schools of psychological thought discussed in social work classrooms and applied by practitioners to a variety of social work populations. Yet both groups have lacked a basic manual for teaching and reference -- until now. For them, Dr. Eda G. Goldstein's book fills a void on two fronts: Part I provides a readable, systematic, and comprehensive review of object relations and self psychology, while Part II gives readers a friendly, step-by-step description and illustration of basic treatment techniques. For educators, this textbook offers a learned and accessible discussion of the major concepts and terminology, treatment principles, and the relationship of object relations and self psychology to classic Freudian theory. Practitioners find within these pages treatment guidelines for such varied problems as illness and disability, the loss of a significant other, and such special problems as substance abuse, child maltreatment, and couple and family disruptions. In a single volume, Dr. Goldstein has met the complex challenges of education and clinical practice.

Individuality and Ideology in British Object Relations Theory

Author : Gal Gerson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780367761653
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Individuality and Ideology in British Object Relations Theory written by Gal Gerson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gal Gerson follows the the work of prominent object relations theorists like Bowlby, Fairbairn, Suttie and Winnicott to provide much-needed insight into how this school of psychoanalytic theory has impacted contemporary social and political life.

Fairbairn and the Object Relations Tradition

Author : Graham S. Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429913532
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Fairbairn and the Object Relations Tradition written by Graham S. Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-08 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ronald Fairbairn developed a thoroughgoing object relations theory that became a foundation for modern clinical thought. This volume is homage to the enduring power of his thinking, and of his importance now and for the future of relational thinking within the social and human sciences. The book gathers an international group of therapists, analysts, psychiatrists, social commentators, and historians, who contend that Fairbairn's work extends powerfully beyond the therapeutic. They suggest that social, cultural, and historical dimensions can all be illuminated by his work. Object relations as a strand within psychoanalysis began with Freud and passed through Ferenczi and Rank, Balint, Suttie, and Klein, to come of age in Fairbairn's papers of the early 1940s. That there is still life in this line of thinking is illustrated by the essays in this collection and by the modern relational turn in psychoanalytic theory, the development of attachment theory, and the increasing recognition that there is 'no such thing as an ego' without context, without relationships, without a social milieu.

Object Relations in Severe Trauma

Author : Stephen Prior
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 : 9780765700186
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Object Relations in Severe Trauma written by Stephen Prior and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2004 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building upon the theoretical work of Ferenczi, Fairbairn, and Berliner, the author describes four basic relational patterns in the lives of abused children: the reliving of abusive relationships, either as victim or as perpetrator; identification with the aggressor; masochistic self-blame; and the seeking of object contact though sex or violence. The interweaving of these patterns creates what Dr. Prior calls 'relational dilemmas.' According to him, these four basic relational patterns are held in place by the child's profound fear of falling into primitive states of unrelatedness and consequent annihilation anxiety. For example, the abused child believes that victimization by or identification with the bad object, no matter how horrible that may be, is preferable to the psychic disintegration that complete nonrelatedness creates. Dilemmas of this nature tear apart the child's psyche, leading to unstable and tormented models of self, other, and relationship. Object Relations in Severe Trauma provides sensitive understanding of childhood traumatization and a conceptual and technical framework for the treatment of patients--both children and adults--who have suffered from it.

Fairbairn and the Origins of Object Relations

Author : James S. Grotstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781853433405
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Fairbairn and the Origins of Object Relations written by James S. Grotstein and published by . This book was released on 1994-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most significant psychoanalytic theorists in the past 50 years, W. Ronald D. Fairbairn has had a profound influence in almost every area of contemporary theory and practice. Filling a gap in the literature, this important new work features chapters by major analytic thinkers and clinicians who explore Fairbairn's contributions and the influence his thinking has had upon their work. The book opens with an introduction by the editors, a review of Fairbairn's achievements in the context of modern psychoanalytic theory by John D. Sutherland, and a synopsis of object relations theory written by Fairbairn himself. The second part of the book, which provides an overview of object relations theory and an in-depth look at Fairbairn's endopsychic structure, includes chapters by major theorists. Otto F. Kernberg discusses the theory and challenge of Fairbairn's basic concepts; Stephen A. Mitchell compares Fairbairn's "object" to that of Melanie Klein; Thomas H. Ogden elucidates the concept of internal object relations; and James S. Grotstein comments on Fairbairn's metapsychology. Similarly, Fairbairn's endopsychic structure is examined by Richard L. Rubens, Grotstein, and Arnold H. Modell, who comment, respectively, on the nature of the structural theory, the relationship between endopsychic structure and the cartography of the internal world, and the communication of affects. Bridging theory with practice, the third part presents four clinical formulations of Fairbairnian theory by Neville Symington, Eleanore M. Armstrong-Perlman, Victoria Hamilton, and Judith M. Hughes and the fourth part provides a discussion of Fairbairn's contributions to understanding disorders of the self,illustrated with specific case material. Included is a reconsideration of Fairbairn's "original object" and "original ego" in relation to borderline and other self disorders by Donald B. Rinsley, a commentary on "narcissism" in Fairbairn's theory of personality structure by John Padel, and a Fairbairnian object relations perspective on self psychology by Michael Robbins. Finally, Grotstein provides a unique summary that focuses on the legacy of Fairbairn and the implications of his theory for current and future study. Of special note are the book's extensive appendices, which include a list of Fairbairn's main papers, contributions related to Fairbairn, and a glossary of Fairbairn's concepts and terminology. This volume will be valued by psychoanalysts, students of psychoanalytic theory, psychiatric residents, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, and other professionals in the mental health field. It serves both as a primary text for courses on object relations theory and as a supplementary text for recommended reading.

Object Relations Family Therapy

Author : David E. Scharff
Publisher : Jason Aronson, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 1461629799
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Object Relations Family Therapy written by David E. Scharff and published by Jason Aronson, Incorporated. This book was released on 1977-07-07 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an indepth and thoughtful exploration of the relevance of psychoanalysis to family therapy.

Ronald Fairbairn

Author : David P. Celani
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040275575
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Ronald Fairbairn written by David P. Celani and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-12-30 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this concise and introductory book, David Celani examines the work of Ronald Fairbairn, one of the pioneers of Object Relations Theory. Ronald Fairbairn: A Contemporary Introduction adopts a unique approach to Fairbairn’s work and legacy. Organizing the book thematically, Celani makes connections between Fairbairn’s disparate and often convoluted papers, offering the reader a more accessible insight into the work of this eminent analyst. He looks in turn at Fairbairn’s field-defining work on Object Relations, split consciousness, repression and the impact of parental neglect on a child’s developing personality. Celani also explores Fairbairn’s assessment of infants’ dependency on their maternal figure and brings his ideas into the 21st century. Considering the work of Philip Bromberg in tandem with that of Fairbairn, Celani considers the practical, clinical and theoretical implications of Fairbairn’s model. This volume is essential reading for analysts in practice and training interested in the work of Fairbairn and the impact Object Relations have had on psychoanalysis as a whole.

Object Relations Therapy of Physical and Sexual Trauma

Author : Jill Savege Scharff
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 : 9780765704061
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Object Relations Therapy of Physical and Sexual Trauma written by Jill Savege Scharff and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2008 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rising above the polemics surrounding sexual and physical abuse, David and Jill Savege Scharff bring a relational perspective to the integration of psychoanalytic and trauma theories in order to understand the effects of overwhelming physical and psychological trauma, including sexual abuse, injury, and birth defect. The Scharffs draw from their object relations therapy with individuals, families, and couples recovering from trauma and abundance of relevant clinical examples described in their characteristically personal and vivid style.