Heinz Kohut Knihy

The Austro-American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut was one of the foremost leaders in his field and developed the school of self-psychology. In this book, he presents the theoretical framework for self-psychology and carefully lays out how the self develops over the course of time. It is suitable for working psychoanalysts.

Establishes the industry standard of the treatment of personality disorders for a generation of analysts. This volume, known for its analysis of narcissism, is suitable for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand human personality in its many incarnations.

In letters to such personalities as Anna Freud and Heinz Hartmann, Kohut meditated on some of the most intriguing psychoanalytic questions of the day - the nature of psychological cure, the relationship between doctor and patient, and the role of the Oedipus complex in psychoanalysis. In other letters, Kohut reveals his lively interest in literature, music, history, and culture, as well as his deep and often contentious involvement in the politics of the psychoanalytic movement.

Challenges 'the limits of classical analytic theory' and the Freudian orthodoxy. This book proposes a 'psychology of the self' as a theory in its own right. It explores issues such as the role of narcissism in personality, when a patient can be considered cured, and the oversimplifications and social biases that unduly influenced Freudian thought.

The Kohut Seminars is an edited transcript of a series of seminars from the early 1970s for the Student Mental Health Clinic at the University of Chicago. The book is divided into two sections: the theory of self psychology and case presentations prepared by the clinic staff and Kohut's discussion of the material presented.

In der vorliegenden Arbeit über Narzißmus entwirft Kohut eine Theorie der psychoanalytischen Behandlung narzißtischer Persönlichkeitsstörungen. Er widerlegt damit die Ansicht, daß Patienten, die unter Störungen dieser Art leiden, der psychoanalytischen Behandlungstechnik schwer zugänglich seien, weil deren wichtigstes Instrument, nämlich die Übertragung, das heißt die Aktualisierung früher Objekterfahrungen in gegenwärtigen Beziehungen, besonders zum Analytiker, ja nicht funktionieren könne. Nachdem er in langjährigen Untersuchungen zu einer größeren begrifflichen Klarheit des oft noch sehr spekulativen Konzepts des Narzißmus beigetragen hat, zeigt er nun anhand ausführlicher und anschaulicher Falldarstellungen, wie diese als schwer behandelbar geltenden Patienten einer psychoanalytischen Therapie doch zugänglich sein können. Dabei kommt er auch zu vielen scharfsinnigen Aussagen über den psychoanalytischen Prozeß im allgemeinen.