Toward a Unified Psychoanalytic Theory

Foundation in a Revised and Expanded Ego Psychology
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-02316-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 350 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 693 g

Reihe: Psychological Issues

Winner of th 2023 American Board and Academy of Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology (ABAPPP) Annual Award!

This book aims to integrate different psychoanalytic schools and relevant research findings into an integrated psychoanalytic theory of the mind.

A main claim explored here, is that a revised and expanded ego psychology constitutes the strongest foundation not only for a unified psychoanalytic theory, but also for the integration of relevant research findings from other disciplines. Sophisticated yet accessible, the book includes a description of the basic tenets of ego psychology and necessary correctives and revisions. It also discusses research and theory on interpersonal understanding, capacity for inhibition, defense, delay of gratification, autonomous ego aims and motives, affect regulation, the nature of psychopathology; and the implications of a revised and expanded ego psychology for approaches to treatment.

The book will appeal to readers who are interested in psychoanalysis, the nature of the mind, the nature of psychopathology, and the implications of theoretical formulations and research findings for approaches to treatment. As such, it will also be of great value on graduate and training courses for psychoanalysis.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eagle, Morris N

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Ego Psychology in Freudian Theory 2. Psychoanalytic Ego Psychology: Basic Tenets 3. Critiques of Ego Psychology 4. Correctives and Revisions 5. An Expansion of Ego Psychology: Interpersonal Reality-Testing 6. Research and Theory on Interpersonal Understanding 7. Ego Functions, Aims, and Motives 8. Psychoanalytic Theories of Affect and Affect Regulation 9. Research on Affect Regulation 10. Ego Psychology and Psychopathology 11. Ego Psychology and Psychoanalytic treatment 12. A Revised Ego Psychology as Foundation for a Unified Psychoanalytic Theory

Über Autor(innen)

Morris N. Eagle, Distinguished Faculty, New Center for Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles; Senior Scholar, York University, Toronto; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada; recipient of the Sigourney Award; former President of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association; author/editor of 8 books; author of more than 150 journal articles and chapters.