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Empathic Attunement captures the essence of Kohut's contributions to self psychology and the mental health field. Straightforward, accurate, and practical, the authors introduce student and experienced clinician alike to the synthesis of Kohut's major concepts and their clinical applications. The authors highlight Kohut's emphasis on the empathic mode of data gathering from within the patient's experiences. Kohut considers empathy―the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person―to be the major tool of therapy.
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About the Authors Crayton E. Rowe, Jr., received an M.S.W. from Hunter College School of Social Work. H e is a member and Training Analyst for The New York Freudian Society and the National Ps~~chological Association for Psychoanalysis. H e is a founding member of the New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, chairman of the national membership committee on psychoanalysis of the National Federation of Societies for Clinical Social Work, and was elected a Distinguished Practitioner of Social Work of the National Academies of Practice. Rowe is a clinical supervisor at the University Settlement Consultation Center and maintains a private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in New York City. David S. Mac Isaac, Ph.D., received his training at Fordham University and the New York Center for Psychoanalytic Training. He is a section one member of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Mac Isaac is a board member of the Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey and a founding member of the New York Institute for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology. H e maintains a private practice in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in Englewood, New Jersey.
EMPATHIC ATTUNEMENT THE CLTECHNIQUE77 OF PSYCHOANALYTIC
SELF PSYCHOLOGY CRAYTON E. ROWE, JR.,M.S.W. DAVID S. MAC ISAAC, P ~ . D .
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Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction PART I Understanding from the Vantage Point of the Patient's Experience
Chapter 1.
Kohut the Man
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Contents
Chapter 2.
Empathy- Its Definition and Functions
Chapter 3.
The Selfobject Concept and Selfobject Transference
Chapter 4.
Stages in the Development of the Self
PART I1 Treatment in Sell Psychology C