{"product_id":"9781032779300-object-relations-theories-psychopathol","title":"Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Comprehensive Text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-nine years since the first edition was released, Frank Summers has renewed his lucid and thorough clarification of the various object relations theories to demonstrate their evolution and continued significance for therapeutic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-nine years since the first edition was released, Frank Summers has renewed his\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003elucid and thorough clarification of the various object relations theories to demonstrate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etheir evolution and continued significance for therapeutic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes elucidation of the major scholarship that has advanced the ideas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eof object relations theorists such as Fairbairn, Klein, Winnicott, Kernberg, and Kohut,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esince the publication of the first edition. A thorough and detailed new chapter devoted to\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ethe emergence and development of relational psychoanalysis has been added to make this\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003evolume a “state of the art” articulation of current object relations thinking. The ideas and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eassumptions of each theory relative to metapsychology, psychopathology, and treatment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eare expounded, alongside a critical evaluation of the strengths and limitations of each\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eapproach. With extensive use of historic case material, Summers shows how each object\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erelations theory yields specific clinical approaches to a variety of syndromes, and how these\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eapproaches entail specific modifications in clinical technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume will be essential reading for all analysts, psychologists, psychiatrists, and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esocial workers who wish to familiarize themselves with object relations theories in general,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esharpen their understanding of the work of specific object relations theorists, or enhance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003etheir ability to employ these theories in their clinical work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41524086014049,"sku":"9781032779300","price":59.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31851309.jpg?v=1760340873","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032779300-object-relations-theories-psychopathol","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}