Integrated ego psychology / Norman A. Polansky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polansky, Norman A., 1918-2002, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ego (Psychology).

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Ego psychology is the aspect of psychoanalytic theory concerned with how people adapt to the demands and possibilities of their worlds in accordance with their inner requirements. All substantial theories of personality refer to adaptation, but there are several features special to ego psychology. It offers by far the most elaborate picture of the adaptive apparatus and of the varied devices humans have for negotiating among their drives and their life situations. More than any other theory of psychology, it emphasizes the complicated transactions that go on in people's minds, of which many are outside conscious awareness. Norman A. Polansky argues that we must be disciplined enough to commit ourselves to one consistent line of theory if we are to harness reasoning to go beyond what we can directly observe. Few who are, or aspire to be, caseworkers, therapists or counselors come to this book innocent of all the ideas contained herein. Much will seem familiar from previous training and from experiences with people. Moreover, many Freudian terms have been adopted into the working vocabularies of all educated people. Words like instinctual drive, defense mechanism, anxiety, guilt, conflict, unconscious, and the like, are used all the time in estimating each other. One task of Integrated Ego Psychology is defining such terms with precise meanings, as well as showing the logical connections among them. Psychoanalytic theory has envolved for about a century, and some "grand simplicities" have finally emerged. This book, for practitioners, indicates the need for a theory to guide work if we are to help people effectively. The theory must be elaborate enough to cover a very wide range of human activity and it must meet certain other standards as well.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Preface

1 Psychoanalytic Ego Psychology in Clinical Work

2 Basic Freudian Conceptions

3 Symptom and Defense

4 Sources of Resiliency

5 Character As Personality Structure

6 Contemporary Characterology

7 Development of the Ego

8 The Theory of Object Relations

9 The Pursuit and Dread of Love

10 On Duplicity in the Interview

11 Ego Functions in Psychodrama

12 The Healing Powers of Speech

13 Group Psychology

14 Ego-Oriented Treatment

15 Will, Choice, and Responsibility

References

Name Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

1-351-51219-6

OCLC:

1001999284