Progress in Self Psychology, V. 2

Volume 2 wrestles with two questions that remain timely in the present: (1) whether self psychology can be integrated with classical psychoanalysis (H. Curtis, M. Basch), and (2) whether self psychology actually differs in practice from classical psychoanalysis (R. Wallerstein, E. Wolf). Discussions by E. Markson & P. Thomson, R. Stolorow, P. Tolpin, and J. Levy bring different perspectives to bear on these knotty issues. The implications of self psychology for our understanding of infant and adolescent development are explored, respectively, by M. Tolpin and M. & E. Shane. Additional contributions span the topics of supervision (J. Sloane), somatization (W. Rickles), and suicide (D. Reiser), and include theoretical papers by B. Brandchaft, R. Stolorow, H. Muslin, and D. Detrick.