
Object Relations and the Developing Ego in Therapy (Master Work)
Author: Althea HornerPublisher: Jason AronsonPaperback:ISBN 10: 1568217080ISBN 13: 978-1568217086_Perhaps the acid test for any book on psychoanalytic theory is the light it sheds on the complex problems that a therapist faces. This book passes that test with flying colors. I now see my patients in a different light and I have changed my approach with beneficial results._ Samuel L. Bradshaw, Jr. The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic Review No book with which we are familiar presents as good an account of the clinical application of the . . . psychoanalytic viewpoint as Object Relations and the Developing Ego in Therapy. No other exposition breathes life into these abstract principles as well as this volume does. (Raphael Stern)Dr. Horner presents rich and useful ideas for formulating and working dynamically with severely limited patients. Her integrative formulation of preoedipal pathology is both useful and practical. (Edward R. S