Chapter 1 In the Beginning Chapter 2 The Reformulation of the Concept of Narcissism Chapter 3 The Self and Self Object Concepts Chapter 4 How Seld Psychology Conceives of Psychological Growth and Therapeutic Action Chapter 5 Psychopathology: Disturbance and Disorders of Self Experience Chapter 6 Clinical Process Section Chapter 7 Intersubjectivity Chapter 8 Motivational Systems Theory Chapter 9 Self Psychology's View of Aggression Chapter 10 Self Psychology's Contributions to the Evolution of Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice
Peter Lessem is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in New York City. He has been in practice over twenty-five years treating adults, adolescents, and couples. He is on the faculty of the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, the National Institute of the Psychotherapies, and the Professional Psychoanalytic Study Center. He is married and has a daughter and stepson.
Peter Lessem has provided us with an unusually complete text on the
development of Kohut’s self psychology and the ongoing evolution of
self psychological theory in contemporary times. Erudite and
sophisticated Lessem critically assesses self psychological theory
and its contributions to psychoanalysis. This book is much more
than “an introduction,” its historical elucidation and synthesis of
central issues makes it highly valuable for all who are interested
in self psychology.
*James L. Fosshage, Ph.D, President, International Association for
Psychoanalytic Self Psychology*
Working from Kohut's basic ideas, practicing psychoanalytic
psychotherapist Lessem provides his particular reading of the
theory and practice of self psychology, reflecting both the
evolution of its concepts and the internal logic of their
relationships to each other.
*Scitech Book News*
Readers will be impressed by the ease and coherence with which
Peter Lessem covers the breadth of self psychological theory....It
is not often that one finds a book within the psychodynamic
discipline that so clearly and concisely introduces both the
origins and contemporary qualities of a clinical theory....This
book is more than welcome....This book is excellent for anyone
interested in quickly developing a broad understanding of the
emergence of self psychology.
*Division 39 Newsletter, December 2008*
Peter Lessem has written a superb and clinician-friendly
introduction to self psychology. In its cogent explication of the
relationship between new developments in psychoanalytic theory and
clinical practice, the book covers not only traditional self
psychology but also various contemporary relational-systems
approaches as well. It will be of great value to students and
trainees and to seasoned practitioners alike.
*Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D., Co-author, Worlds of Experience*
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