Self Psychology Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology

Self Psychology

Developed by Heinz Kohut while at the University of Chicago, self psychology is psychoanalytic at its core. However, there are crucial differences in how the patient-therapist relationship is viewed. In Self Psychology, the therapist uses empathy to gain the patient's trust. Once the patient trusts the therapist, he or she will talk more, thus enabling the therapist to gather more and better information and thus to make more accurate interpretations. Self psychological theory proposes that healthy self-development proceeds from adequate responsiveness of caregivers to the child's vital emotional needs, including alterego needs, idealizing needs, and mirroring needs.

• - Defines Self Psychology, describes its major tenants and history, and differentiates it from Psychoanalytic theory.
  
• - Collegial organization whose purpose is to provide a forum for the ongoing discussion, study and elaboration of self psychology.
  
• - Information and discussion forums related to the psychoanalytic Self Psychology of Heinz Kohut, intersubjective systems theory, and other contemporary developments.
  
• - Article reviewing Heinz Kohut's theories of the self and self psychology by psychologist John Butters.
  
• - Bibliography of Heinz Kohut's writing, related Self Psychology and Psychoanalytic readings, and links.
  
• - Article by Crayton Rowe, Jr. argues that Kohut's concepts have been redefined and co-opted in order to integrate theoretically disparate theories of psychoanalysis.
  
• - Information on courses, faculty, and events of The New York Institute of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology.
  
• - Article offers a Kohutian self psychological perspective on the "coming out crisis" encountered by gay or lesbian youth.
  
• - Interactive eJournal of The International Council for Psychoanalytic Psychology of the Self.
  
• - Research paper by Rudolf Suesske takes a historical psychological perspective in analyzing Kohut's meaning of the word Self. (English and German)
  
  

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