When the bubble bursts : clinical perspectives on midlife issues / Eda G. Goldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldstein, Eda G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle age--Psychological aspects.

Middle age.

Middle-aged persons--Mental health.

Middle-aged persons.

Psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hillsdale, N.J. : Analytic Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are common midlife events that account for the special narcissistic vulnerabilities of this period of life, and Eda Goldstein ably reviews these events and the theoretical perspectives commonly brought to bear on them. In When the Bubble Bursts, however, Goldstein's special concern is those individuals who come to midlife with heightened narcissistic vulnerabilities that make the navigation of this stage of life more difficult still. In understanding the latter such patients and devising a treatment approach appropriate to their ""self"" issues, Goldstein adopts a bro

Contents:

1. Issues in midlife and the psychotherapeutic process : an overview

2. Theories of midlife

3. Midlife events : the impact of loss and change

4. Healthy and pathological narcissism : theoretical and clinical perspectives

5. The nature of assessment in psychotherapy

6. The focus and process of psychotherapy : part 1

7. The focus and process of psychotherapy : part 2

8. Countertransference, self-disclosure, and the rewards of treatment : an epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-90713-3

0-203-78032-9

1-134-90706-0

9780203780329

OCLC:

844939522