Das Unbehagen in der Moderne
(1999)
Developmental Metaphors: The Dialectic of Perception and Creation in the Construction of a Novel
(1999)
Kohut's major contribution to psychoanalysis was in his systematizing a clinical approach to disorders of the self. Kohut's theoretical innovations, however, are often misunderstood for a variety of reasons, as evidenced in Dr. Meronen's paper, >The Return of Narcissism: Heinz Kohut in Historical Context<. Through redressing some of Dr. Meronen's misunderstandings of self psychological theory and his subsequent conclusions, I attempt to clarify in this discussion Kohut's sweeping technical innovations and the theory from which they are derived, all of which are reflective of Kohut's fundamentally personal vision of the essential nature of man.
Du suicide et de ses causes,
(1999)
Pathogenic parent-infant relationship patterns endanger developmental processes of children. Psychoanalysis with parents and their infants helps to diminish transgenerational repetition of maladaptive experiences of relationships. The aim of this extensive work is to transform dysfunctional relationship patterns and to change their self- and object-representations. The author gives an account of her experiences working in a counselling centre, where parents may come with their >problem babies<, infants with sleep and thriving disturbances or >ry babies<, and demonstrates the positive effects of a reconstructive and at the same time prospective work.