Polarities of experience : relatedness and self-definition in personality development, psychopathology, and the therapeutic process / Sidney J. Blatt ; foreword by Peter Fonagy.
"This book presents a groundbreaking approach that establishes conceptual continuities among normal and pathological personality development, the classification of psychopathology, and the therapeutic process. Sidney J. Blatt proposes that psychological development is a lifelong personal negoti...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
American Psychological Association,
[2008]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "This book presents a groundbreaking approach that establishes conceptual continuities among normal and pathological personality development, the classification of psychopathology, and the therapeutic process. Sidney J. Blatt proposes that psychological development is a lifelong personal negotiation between two fundamental dimensions in human affairs, relatedness, and self-definition. Clinical researchers as well as therapists, psychiatrists, and graduate students will find this book to be a rich source of new ideas for research and practice."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 404 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-371) and index. |