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1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Scientific Method and Ego Psychology; The Role of Theory; The Rule of Parsimony; Scientists are Human; Functions of the Ego; General Plan of the Book; REFERENCES; 2. Symptom and Defense; The Function of Defense; The Mechanisms of Defense; When Is a Symptom?; Implications of the Conception of Defense; Layers of Defense; REFERENCES; 3. Resilience and Energy in the Personality; The Case of the Rejected Suitor; Ego Strength and Psychic Energy; The Loss of Psychic Energy in Conflict and Defense |
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The Invasion of Ego Functions by NeurosisThe Synthetic Function of the Ego; Looseness of Ego Boundaries; External Supports Against Looseness; Protections Against Becoming Overwhelmed; Coping Mechanisms; REFERENCES; 4. Character as Personality Structure; Structure; A Traditional Characterology; The Oral Character; The Anal Character; The Obsessive-Compulsive Personality; Limitations in the Concept of Character; REFERENCES; 5. Familiar Character Formations; The Hysteric; Mixed Marriage; The Paranoid Character; The Depressive Character; Infantile Personalities; REFERENCES |
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6. The Theory of Object RelationsSome Common Phenomena; A Developmental View; Separation Anxiety; The Paranoid Position; REFERENCES; 7. The Pursuit and Dread of Love; Dilemma for Our Time; Encounter; The Schizoid Personality; Distance Maneuvers; The Delusion of Fusion; REFERENCES; 8. Verbal Accessibility; Accessibility to Treatment; Conceptual Definition; The Clinical Significance of Verbal Accessibility; Verbal Accessibility in Ego Development; Verbal Accessibility: Cause or Effect?; REFERENCES; 9. Verbal Accessibility and Character Structure; Stability in Time |
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Stability in Varying Social SituationsPredictability from Other Knowledge of the Person; Verbal Accessibility Among Low-Income Rural Mothers; Fruitfulness of Verbal Accessibility for Prediction; Recapitulation; Cultural Differences in Verbal Accessibility; Individual and Group Determinants of Verbal Inaccessibility; Familial Differences in Verbal Accessibility; Sex Differences in Verbal Accessibility; REFERENCES; 10. On Duplicity in the Interview; Duplicity in the Interview; Maneuvers to Evade Responsibility; Maneuvers to Retain Control; Handling; REFERENCES; 11. Ego Functions in Psychodrama |
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Structure of Psychodrama in Our HospitalThe Aim in Each Session; Psychodrama for Affect Discharge; Clarification and Insight; Dealing with Unintegrated Internalized Objects; Transitory Regressions; REFERENCES; 12. Verbal Communication and Healing; Verbal Inaccessibility Reflects Ego Weakness; Healing Properties of Verbal Communication; REFERENCES; Name Index; Subject Index |
| Summary |
"Writing in a lively straightforward tone and offering numerous examples, Polansky demonstrates that verbal communication plays a major role in mental health and is essential to preventing and curing emotional disorders. He shows why the inability to achieve effective speech reflects neurosis, interferes with self-healing potentials in the personality, and hampers patients in their efforts to make use of any of the talking therapies. He also makes clear how verbal expression leads to the growth of intimacy between people on a mature organized level and guards the individual against the existential anxiety of being completely alone in a potentially meaningless universe. Synthesizing basic theory that underlies skilled interviewing, the book serves as an introduction to ego psychology. It offers an appraisal of the role of verbal communication, especially in casework, individual therapy, and counseling, as well as in most group treatments situations. The author covers such topics as the resiliency of the ego, the logic of defenses, coping mechanisms, and the theory of object relations. He provides numerous illustrations of specific security and distance maneuvers found in everyday practice. He also describes techniques for dealing with these maneuvers by patients in face-to-face situations. This book is as vital to the field as when it first appeared in 1971. Polansky summarizes major concepts of modern ego psychology and relates them to what is known today about the process of verbal communication. It will be especially useful for those who seek to understand and treat the human personality through speech. Ego Psychology and Communication is designed for courses in social work, clinical psychology, educational counseling, guidance, and psychiatric nursing. Practitioners in social work, psychology, and psychiatry will find it to be a valuable addition to their personal reference libraries."--Provided by publisher |
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Communication.
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Ego (Psychology)
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Psychotherapy.
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Self.
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Ego
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Self
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Communication
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Ego (Psychology)
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Psychotherapy
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351312127 |
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135131212X |
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