Self-envy : therapy and the divided internal world /

"Self-envy is a new term that speaks to age-old therapeutic impasses. Dr. Rafael Lopez-Corvo, a prominent South American psychoanalyst, shows that the comprehension of self-envy is indispensable for the understanding of disorders of the self that are manifested in addictions, acting out, and in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: López Corvo, Rafael E
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Northvale, N.J. : J. Aronson, c1995
Subjects:
Ego
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Self-Envy
  • 2. Splitting: The Psychology of Multiple Egos
  • 3. Defensive Splitting and Schizoid Phenomena
  • 4. Destructive Narcissism: Fusion versus Idealization
  • 5. Orestes versus Oedipus
  • 6. Revengeful versus Depressive Hope
  • 7. Borderline Structures and Mechanisms of Self-Envy
  • 8. Self-Envy and Intrapsychic Interpretation