William J. Coburn - Progress in Self Psychology, V. 20: Transformations in Self Psychology

Progress in Self Psychology, Volume 20

William J. Coburn, editor

Transformations in Self Psychology, Volume 20 in the Progress in Self Psychology series, highlights the manner in which contemporary self psychology has become, in the words of series editor William Coburn, "a continuing series of revolutions within a revolution." Of special note are contributions that explore the bidirectional influences between self psychology and other explanatory paradigms. The volume begins with Steven Stern's thoughtful attempt to integrate self-psychological and relational perspectives on transference-countertransference enactments. James Fosshage and Carol Munschauer's presentation of a case of "extreme nihilism and aversiveness" elicits a series of discussions that constructively highlights divergent perspectives on the meaning and role of enactment in treatment and on the so-called empathy/authenticity "dichotomy."

The productive exploration of theoretical differences also enters into the redefinition of notions of gender and sexuality, a topic of increasing interest to self psychologists. Differing perspectives, which give rise to differing clinical emphases, emerge in the exchanges of Michael Clifford and Virginia Goldner; and of Nancy VanDerHeide and Hans-Peter Hartmann. The special "contextualist" demands of work with intercultural couples foster a more integrative sensibility, with self-psychological borrowings from interpretive anthropology (Luis Rubalcava & Kenneth Waldman) and attachment theory (Sally Howard).

Clinical contributors to Volume 20 explore various manifestations of a tension that permeates all

TRANSFORMATIONS IN SELF PSYCHOLOGY

PROGRESS IN SELF PSYCHOLOGY VOLUME 20

EDITOR, WILLIAM J. COBURN, PH.D., PSY.D.

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Progress in Self Psychology

VOLUME 20

William J. Coburn
Editor

2004 by The Analytic Press

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This volume of Progress in Self Psychology is dedicated in loving memory to John Lindon, M.D. (March 11, 1924-January 31, 2004)

Peter Buirski, Ph.D. is Dean of the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver.

Melanie L. Burke, L.C.S.W., Psy.D. is Member, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles.

Michael D. Clifford, M.Div., C.S.W. is Faculty and Supervisor, National Institute for the Psychotherapies, New York City; Co-Founding former Director, Program in Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis, NIP

Margaret Crastnopol, Ph.D. is Faculty and Supervisor of Psychotherapy, William Alanson White Institute, New York City; Faculty, Northwest Center for Psychoanalysis.

Stan T. Dudley, Ph.D. is Educational Director, Cincinnati Center for Self Psychology.

James L. Fosshage, Ph.D. is President, International Council for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology and Founding Faculty Member, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York City.

Paula B. Fuqua, M.D. is Faculty, Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago and Associate Editor, Progress in Self Psychology.

Virginia Goldner, Ph.D. is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis; and Founding Editor, Studies in Gender and Sexuality.

Hans-Peter Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D. is Member, Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Giessen, Germany; Lecturer for Psychoanalytic Psychology at the University of Giessen; and Member, International Council on the Psychology of the Self.

Sally A. Howard, Ph.D., Psy.D. is Vice President, Faculty, and Training and Supervising Analyst, Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles.

Jennifer Leighton, C.S.W. is Supervisor and Training Analyst, Harlem Family Institute; formerly Faculty, Supervisor, and Training Analyst, Training Institute for Mental Health; and Member of EMDRIA SIG, New York City.

Arthur Malin, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine; Training and Supervising Analyst, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute and Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

Carol A. Munschauer, Ph.D. is President, Psychoanalytic Society of Upstate New York and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York, Buffalo School of Medicine.

Stuart D. Perlman, Ph.D. is a training analyst and member of the Board of Directors at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles.

Lynn Preston, M.A., M.S. is Faculty, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and the Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology, New York City.

Luis A. Rubalcava, Ph.D. is Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, California State University, Northridge.

Ellen Shumsky, C.S.W. is Faculty and Supervisor, Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy and the Training and Research Institute for Self Psychology, New York City.

Steven Stern, Psy.D. is faculty member at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis.