Heinz Kohut: the psychology of the self

2018 ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
Rhona M. Fear
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Heinz Kohut

Self Psychology in Clinical Intervention with the Elderly

1992 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 214-221
Author(s):  
John Goldmeier ◽  
Donald V. Fandetti
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Clinical Intervention ◽  
Self Psychology ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Self ◽  
Heinz Kohut ◽  
Clinical Interventions

The self psychology of Heinz Kohut can be usefully integrated with current clinical interventions in social work. The authors discuss the major principles of self psychology, applying them to work with the elderly. Emphasis is on the striving for growth and affirmation in the elderly and on how more subtle treatment dimensions, such as empathy and transference, can be understood.

“Our Minister Died of AIDS”: Pastoral Care of a Congregation in Crisis

1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-115
Author(s):  
Curtis W. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Care ◽  
Self Psychology ◽  
The Self ◽  
Heinz Kohut ◽  
Creative Role

Addresses the dynamics of interim pastoral care to a congregation whose minister has died of AIDS. Utilizes the self-psychology of Heinz Kohut in interpreting the dynamics of this ministry, and highlights the creative role of judicatories in facilitating the pastoral functions of sustaining and healing involved in carrying out the pastoral care needed in such a crisis.

Self-Psychology: Its Application to Understanding Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

1997 ◽  
Vol 8 (S3) ◽  
pp. 253-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence W. Lazarus ◽  
Bertram J. Cohler ◽  
Jary Lesser
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Self Psychology ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Self ◽  
Heinz Kohut

Although the essence of one's identity—one's self-esteem—is eroded and devastated by Alzheimer's disease, little attention has been paid to the regression and dissolution of the self experienced by patients with this disease. Investigations into the psychology of the self by psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut and others have provided new ways of understanding a demented patient's attempts to maintain some semblance of self-esteem and identity in the wake of progressive cognitive decline.

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