Rosenfeld in Retrospect

John Steiner is a training analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society and works in private practice as a psychoanalyst. He is the author of several psychoanalytic papers and the book Psychic Retreats.

• Part I: The Conference Papers: Contemporary Developments of Rosenfeld’s Work. O’Shaughnessy, Intrusions. Feldman, Discussion of O'Shaughnessy's Paper. Britton, What Part Does Narcissism Play in Narcissistic Disorders? Segal, Discussion of Ron Britton's Paper. Steiner, Some Notes on Rosenfeld’s Contribution to Psychoanalysis. Steiner, A Personal Review of Rosenfeld’s Contribution to Clinical Psychoanalysis. Part II: Four Papers by Herbert Rosenfeld. Analysis of a Schizophrenic State with Depersonalization (1947). On the Psychopathology of Narcissism: A Clinical Approach (1964). A Clinical Approach to the Psychoanalytic Theory of the Life and Death Instincts: An Investigation into the Aggressive Aspects of Narcissism (1971). Contribution to the Psychopathology of Psychotic States: The Importance of Projective Identification in the Ego Structure and the Object Relations of the Psychotic Patient (1971).

"I highly recommend this book to all therapists and analysts. Besides becoming familiar with Rosenfeld, the reader will have the additional benefit of becoming familiar with the theoretical and clinical approach of the Klenian school and hopefully come to see its incredible value in working with patients at all levels of pathology." – Robert Waska, Psychodynamic Practice, Vol 17, No 1 - April 2011