Chapter 14.Self Psychology
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The central ideas that constitute what has come to be known as self psychology were first formulated by Heinz Kohut in the 1960s in Chicago. They grew out of his deep immersion in the theory and practice of classical psychoanalysis as it was understood in the United States in the mid-20th century. Indeed, it was he, with Maxwell Gitelson, who insisted on the integrity of the analytic process, especially the intense and long-term immersion in the analysis, that was the crucial element of the therapeutic process. It was this position that put them in opposition to Alexander’s attempts to shorten and manipulate the analytic situation and ultimately became the prevailing norm at the Chicago Institute.
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