The injured self the psychopathology and psychotherapy of developmental deviations - Aleksandrowicz, Dov R. (Karnac Books, 2011)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and index
The book examines the clinical implications of innate developmental individuality. The authors present a model of what they call "developmentally informed" therapy, based on the assumption that biologically determined (or co-determined) maladjusted behaviours and deficiencies of ego functions cannot be resolved by interpretation of an unconscious conflict, but need to be "validated", analysed, and integrated with the personality. Several clinical case histories illustrate the authors' approach. The case presentations are followed by a discussion of counselling parents of children with developm
COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; CHAPTER ONE Psychotherapy of a borderline child: Uri; CHAPTER TWO Early development and the developmental matrix; CHAPTER THREE Clinical manifestations of developmental deviations; CHAPTER FOUR Emotional effects of developmental deviations: the injured self; CHAPTER FIVE Effect of deviations on the progression of developmental stages; CHAPTER SIX Coping with maladaptive development; CHAPTER SEVEN Raising a child with idiosyncratic development: a mission barely possible; CHAPTER EIGHT Diagnosis of developmental deviations