W. R. D. Fairbairn (1889-1964) challenged the dominance of Freud's drive theory with a psychoanalytic theory based on the internalization of human relationships. Fairbairn assumed that the unconscious develops in childhood and contains dissociated memories of parental neglect, insensitivity, and outright abuse that are impossible the children to tolerate consciously. In Fairbairn's model, these dissociated memories protect developing children from recognizing how badly they are being treated and allow them to remain ...
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W. R. D. Fairbairn (1889-1964) challenged the dominance of Freud's drive theory with a psychoanalytic theory based on the internalization of human relationships. Fairbairn assumed that the unconscious develops in childhood and contains dissociated memories of parental neglect, insensitivity, and outright abuse that are impossible the children to tolerate consciously. In Fairbairn's model, these dissociated memories protect developing children from recognizing how badly they are being treated and allow them to remain attached even to physically abusive parents. Attachment is paramount in Fairbairn's model, as he recognized that children are absolutely and unconditionally dependent on their parents. Kidnapped children who remain attached to their abusive captors despite opportunities to escape illustrate this intense dependency, even into adolescence. At the heart of Fairbairn's model is a structural theory that organizes actual relational events into three self-and-object pairs: one conscious pair (the central ego, which relates exclusively to the ideal object in the external world) and two mostly unconscious pairs (the child's antilibidinal ego, which relates exclusively to the rejecting parts of the object, and the child's libidinal ego, which relates exclusively to the exciting parts of the object). The two dissociated self-and-object pairs remain in the unconscious but can emerge and suddenly take over the individual's central ego. When they emerge, the "other" is misperceived as either an exciting or a rejecting object, thus turning these internal structures into a source of transferences and reenactments. Fairbairn's central defense mechanism, splitting, is the fast shift from central ego dominance to either the libidinal ego or the antilibidinal ego-a near perfect model of the borderline personality disorder. In this book, David Celani reviews Fairbairn's five foundational papers and outlines their application in the clinical setting. He discusses the four unconscious structures and offers the clinician concrete suggestions on how to recognize and respond to them effectively in the heat of the clinical interview. Incorporating decades of experience into his analysis, Celani emphasizes the internalization of the therapist as a new "good" object and devotes entire sections to the treatment of histrionic, obsessive, and borderline personality disorders.
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Very good. Ex-library. 225 p.; 24 cm. LCCN 2009041197 Type of material Book Personal name Celani, David P. Main title Fairbairn's object relations theory in the clinical setting / David P. Celani. Published/Created New York: Columbia University Press, c2010. Description 225 p.; 24 cm. ISBN 9780231149068 (cloth: alk. paper) 0231149069 (cloth: alk. paper) 9780231149075 (pbk: alk. paper) 0231149077 (pbk: alk. paper) 9780231520232 (ebook) 0231520239 (ebook) LC classification RC455.4. O23 C45 2010 Portion of title Object relations theory in the clinical setting Contents Fairbairn's intellectual development and a review of his early papers--Fairbairn's structural model and his radical approach to psychoanalytic treatment--The dynamic relationships between the pathological ego structures--A Fairbairnian approach to the therapeutic relationship--Working with the borderline patient and the battered woman--A structural analysis of obsessional and histrionic disorders--The legacy of Fairbairn's contribution to psychoanalysis. LC Subjects Fairbairn, W. Ronald D. (William Ronald Dodds) Object relations (Psychoanalysis) Other Subjects Fairbairn, W. Ronald D. (William Ronald Dodds) Object Attachment. Models, Psychological. Personality Disorders--therapy. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Dewey class no. 616.89/17 NLM class no. 2010 E-681 WM 460.5. O2 C392f 2010 National bib no. GBB011573 National bib agency no. 101516435 015478532 Other system no. (OCoLC)ocn455156928
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