Polarities of Experience Relatedness and Self-Definition in Personality Development, Psychopathology, and the Therapeutic Process
Polarities of Experience Relatedness and Self-Definition in Personality Development, Psychopathology, and the Therapeutic Process
- ISBN 13:
9781433803147
- ISBN 10:
1433803143
- Edition: 1st
- Format: Hardcover
- Copyright: 02/15/2008
- Publisher: American Psychological Association
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Summary
Within this framework, mental disorders are seen not as clusters of present or absent symptoms, as in the current DSM diagnostic system, but rather as compensatory exaggerations of the normal polarities of relatedness and self-definition. The author argues that this conceptualization of personality development has clear implications for therapy and describes intriguing research indicating that anaclitic and introjective persons respond differently to psychotherapy. The author applies this model in great detail to the process of therapeutic change, with striking implications for further research.
Clinical researchers, therapists, psychiatrists, and graduate students will find this book a rich source of new ideas for research and practice.