Heinz Kohut and the Psychology of the Self

• List of figures, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. The Viennese Chicagoan, 2. The classical foundation of Kohut's thought, 3. Early papers: emerging strands of a new cloth, 4. Toward a psychology of the self, 5. Analysis of the Self: Part I, The idealized parental imago, 6. Analysis of the Self: Part II, The grandiose self, 7. The Restoration of the Self: Part I, Innovations in theory, 8. The Restoration of the Self: Part II, Clinical considerations, 9. The two analyses of Mr. Z, 10. How Does Analysis Cure?: Part I, Theoretical reftections, 11. How Does Analysis Cure?: Part II, The therapeutic process reconsidered, 12. Last words, 13. Critique and conclusions, Glossary, Chronology, Bibliography of the work of Heinz Kohut, General bibliography, Index

Self Psychology is a vigorous branch of psychoanalysis and should be better known and understood here... I recommend this book as an excellent introduction to the work of Heinz Kohut. - Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy