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Polarities of Experiences: Relatedness and Self-definition in Personality Development, Psychopathology and the Therapeutic Process | 
 enlarge | Author: Sidney J. Blatt
Creator: Peter Fonagy
Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 404
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Dimensions (in): 10 x 6.9 x 1.4
ISBN: 1433803143
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.25
EAN: 9781433803147
ASIN: 1433803143
Publication Date: February 2008
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In this groundbreaking book, Sidney J. Blatt proposes that psychological development is a lifelong personal negotiation between the two fundamental dimensions of relatedness and self-definition. Psychological development, from youth to old age, is a synergistic balancing act between these two polarities, with most individuals favoring to varying degrees either the anaclitic (relatedness) dimension or the introjective (self-definition) dimension. Exaggerated emphasis on one developmental line at the expense of the other, however, can lead to a variety of mental disorders.Within this framework, mental disorders are seen not as clusters of present or absent symptoms, as in the current DSM diagnostic system, but rather as compensatory exaggerations of the normal polarities of relatedness and self-definition. The author argues that this conceptualization of personality development has clear implications for therapy and describes intriguing research indicating that anaclitic and introjective persons respond differently to psychotherapy. The author applies this model in great detail to the process of therapeutic change, with striking implications for further research. Clinical researchers, therapists, psychiatrists, and graduate students will find this book a rich source of new ideas for research and practice.
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An extensive list of references and an index round out this thoroughly professional culmination April 3, 2008
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Written by personality and psychopathology development expert Sidney J. Blatt, Ph.D. (winner of the 2006 Mary S. Sigourney Foundation award for distinguished contributions to psychoanalysis), Polarities of Experience: Relatedness and Self-Definition in Personality Development, Psychopathology, and the Therapeutic Process is a scholarly assessment of psychological development intended for clinical researchers, therapists, and psychiatrists in the field, as well as graduate-level psychology students. Putting forth the claim that psychological development consists of a lifelong personal negotiation between two essential aspects of human affairs, relatedness and self-definition, Polarities of Experience discusses how this model affects social theory, personality organization, psychopathology, and the mechanisms of the therapeutic process. An extensive list of references and an index round out this thoroughly professional culmination of a lifetime of study and practice. "Increased understanding of the mechanisms of therapeutic change in both brief and long-term intensive treatment is essential for the further development of refinements of the psychotherapeutic process, refinements that can enable therapists to be more effective in assisting individuals in distress to establish fuller and more satisfying lives - to develop a more adaptive and constructive sense of self and to establish more meaningful interpersonal relationships."
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