Understanding the self-ego relationship in clinical practice : towards individuation / Margaret Clark.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-111) and index.

1 The unconscious psyche. -- 2 Ego and self: defining and differentiating. -- 3 Sub-Personalities and internal objects. -- 4 The self-ego relationship in infancy and childhood. -- 5 Ego development in therapy with adults. -- 6 The self-ego relationship in the therapist. -- 7 Individuation: dialogue with one's self. -- 8 Individuation: relating to other people

'...argues for the profound importance of trusting the unconscious psyche in therapeutic work with adults. She considers various analytical meanings of the term "the self", with reference to a wide range of theorists, and various ways of thinking about the development of the ego. She uses primarily a Jungian model of the psyche from a developmental perspective, based on the assumption theat the ego evlolves in infancy and childhood out of a primary psychosomatic self....'

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