This article examines the political contents of object relations psychoanalysis, a theory that perceives dependence as the natural state of all humans. Unlike the views advanced by the classical state ...

In an effort to explore how group therapists can apply psychoanalytic theory in the group modality to advantage, two major developments in analytic theory are examined. 1) Kernberg stresses the ...

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." –Rudyard Kipling To the trainee or beginning psychotherapist, psychodynamic theory is often seen as a daunting, obscure paradigm with a ...

Applying knowledge from Melanie Klein’s object relations theory may be useful when dealing with a narcissist. Often a person with strong narcissistic tendencies relates to the people closest to him or ...