These thoughtful self-psychological reexaminations of Freud's case studies clarify Freud's criteria for including and excluding data, underscore the theoretical and political imperatives that shaped his narrative accounts, and provide new insight into the transference-countertransference constellations that emerged during treatment. Clinically, these reappraisals take us beyond Freud's preoccupation with his patients' oedipal narratives to a self-psychological exploration of these same patients' intersubjective experiences.
Language
English
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Routledge
Release
March 01, 1993
ISBN
0881631329
ISBN 13
9780881631326
Freud's Case Studies: Self Psychological Perspectives
These thoughtful self-psychological reexaminations of Freud's case studies clarify Freud's criteria for including and excluding data, underscore the theoretical and political imperatives that shaped his narrative accounts, and provide new insight into the transference-countertransference constellations that emerged during treatment. Clinically, these reappraisals take us beyond Freud's preoccupation with his patients' oedipal narratives to a self-psychological exploration of these same patients' intersubjective experiences.