RELATEDNESS, SELF-DEFINITION AND MENTAL REPRESENTATION: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF SIDNEY J BLATT; ED. BY JOHN S. AUERBACH

Over the course of a long and distinguished career, psychologist and psychoanalyst Sidney J. Blatt has made major contributions to cognitive-developmental theory, psychoanalytic object relations theory, applied psychoanalysis, and current research in the areas of psychopathology and psychotherapy. This book presents chapters by Dr. Blatt's many colleagues and students who address the key areas in which Dr Blatt focuses his intellectual endeavours: \*Personality development \*Psychopathology \*Issues in psychological testing and assessment \*Psychotherapy and the treatment process \*Applied psychoanalysis and broader cultural trendsRelatedness, Self-Definition and Mental Representation explores Dr. Blatt's unique contributions within both psychoanalysis, where empirical research is often neglected, and clinical psychology, where psychoanalysis is increasingly ignored. It will be engaging reading for psychoanalysts and clinical psychologists, as well as all those concerned with psychotherapy and personality theory and development. Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 A dyadic systems view of communication1; Chapter 3 Representations in middle childhood A dialogical perspective; Chapter 4 On spatialization Personal and theoretical thoughts; Chapter 5 Dependency, self-criticism, and maladjustment; Chapter 6 Characterizing cognitive vulnerability in depression; Chapter 7 The development of schizophrenia A psychosocial and biological approach1.Chapter 9 Sidney Blatt's contributions to the assessment of object representations; Chapter 10 Object relations and the Rorschach; Chapter 11 The Rorschach method A starting point for investigating formal thought disorder; Chapter 12 Some reflections on the therapeutic action of psychoanalytic therapy1; Chapter 13 How often are relationship narratives told during psychotherapy sessions?;Electronic reproduction.Available via World Wide Web. "Relatedness, Self-Definition and Mental Representation explores Dr. Blatt's unique contributions within both psychoanalysis, where empirical research is often neglected, and clinical psychology, where psychoanalysis is increasingly ignored. It will be engaging reading for psychoanalysts and clinical psychologists, as well as all those concerned with psychotherapy and personality theory and development."--BOOK JACKET This book presents chapters by Dr. Blatt's many colleagues and students that explore questions of relatedness, self-definition, and mental representation, and shows us that psychoanalysis and empirical research can be combined.