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Object relations theory in clinical practice.
Psychoanal Q. 1988 Oct; 57(4):481-504.PQ

Abstract

This paper outlines the psychoanalytic techniques derived from ego psychology-object relations theory. It stresses the centrality of affects to interpretation and describes how the focus on dominant object relations in the transference modifies the economic, dynamic, and structural criteria for interpretation. Clinical examples illustrate this technique across a broad spectrum of psychopathology. The technique for genetic constructions and reconstructions in the transference is described, and this approach is contrasted with other object relations theories. Finally, the application of this approach to countertransference and dream analysis is summarized.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Kernberg OF
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, White Plains 10605.

MeSH

AdultAffectCountertransferenceDreamsFemaleHumansMaleObject AttachmentPsychoanalytic InterpretationPsychoanalytic TheoryPsychoanalytic TherapyTransference, Psychology

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

3212099

Citation

Kernberg, O F.. "Object Relations Theory in Clinical Practice." The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, vol. 57, no. 4, 1988, pp. 481-504.
Kernberg OF. Object relations theory in clinical practice. Psychoanal Q. 1988;57(4):481-504.
Kernberg, O. F. (1988). Object relations theory in clinical practice. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 57(4), 481-504.
Kernberg OF. Object Relations Theory in Clinical Practice. Psychoanal Q. 1988;57(4):481-504. PubMed PMID: 3212099.
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