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Self Psychology

 

Self Psychology was Developed by:  Heinz Kohut

 

Overview:  "Self psychology is the theoretical school of Heinz Kohut, MD (1913-1981), and provides the theoretical basis for most of the therapeutic benefits of contemporary psychoanalysis.  While rejecting the primary importance of innate Freudian sexual drives in the organization of the human psyche, self psychology was the first major psychoanalytic movement in the United States to recognize the critical role of empathy in explaining human development and psychoanalytic change.  Since 1959 Kohut and followers have transformed the practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy by deepening the therapist's empathic attunement to the patient and describing fundamental human needs for healthy development, particularly idealizing, mirroring, and twinship (or "alterego") needs." ~ Excerpt from Self Psychology Page

 

Websites Related to Self Psychology:  Self Psychology Page, Self Psychology Psychoanalysis

 

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