Heinz Kohut's theories have had a tremendous influence on our thinking about the development of the self. This book highlights the clinical application of those theories. The seminars, focusing on treatment of late adolescents and young adults in a university setting, provide the reader with an unpa[...]
The Austro-American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut was one of the foremost leaders in his field and developed the school of self-psychology, which sets aside the Freudian explanations for behavior and looks instead at self/object relationships and empathy in order to shed light on human behavior. In "How[...]
Psychoanalyst, teacher, and scholar, Heinz Kohut was one of the twentieth century's most important intellectuals. A rebel according to many mainstream psychoanalysts, Kohut challenged Freudian orthodoxy and the medical control of psychoanalysis in America. In his highly influential book "The Analysi[...]
In his foundational work "The Restoration of the Self", noted psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut boldly challenges 'the limits of classical analytic theory' and the Freudian orthodoxy. Here Kohut proposes a 'psychology of the self' as a theory in its own right - one that can stand beside the teachings of Fre[...]
"How Does Analysis Cure?" is Heinz Kohut's final book. It is, in part, a response to criticism leveled at his two previous books, "The Analysis of the Self" and "The Restoration of the Self, but it is also a thoughtful, fluent reevaluation of his own work in psychoanalytic self psychology.[...]
Heinz Kohut's work represents an important departure from the Freudian tradition of psychoanalysis. A founder of the Self Psychology movement in America, he based his practice on the belief that narcissistic vulnerabilities play a significant part in the suffering that brings people for treatment. W[...]
Forlaget skriver: Med denne udgivelse præsenteres en række mindre kendte interview med og artikler af den østrigsk-amerikanske psykiater Heinz Kohut (1913-1981).
Bogen placerer sig i forlængelse af de senere års danske udgivelser af og om Kohuts selvpsykologi, men adskiller sig fra d[...]