The Injured Self

Dov R. Aleksandrowicz, MD, was the President of the Israeli Psychoanalytic Society, and is a Training and Supervising analyst at the Israel Institute. He is also a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International Psychoanalytic Association. He is a recipient of the Gustav Bychowski Prize in Psychoanalysis. He is a founding member of the International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Society, and a co-founder of the Israeli Forum of Neuro-Psychoanalysis. He is the author of numerous professional publications, in five languages. Malca K. Aleksandrowicz, PhD, was a pioneer of child development in Israel and a co-founder of the Division of Human Development of the Israeli Psychological Association. She worked in private practice as a psychotherapist and supervisor. Dr Aleksandrowicz died in 1993 in Israel.

Preface -- Psychotherapy of a borderline child: Uri -- Early development and the developmental matrix -- Clinical manifestations of developmental deviations -- Emotional effects of developmental deviations: the injured self -- Effect of deviations on the progression of developmental stages -- Coping with maladaptive development -- Raising a child with idiosyncratic development: a mission barely possible -- Diagnosis of developmental deviations -- Developmentally informed therapy -- Psychotherapy of a girl with minimal ADHD: Giselle, the "Girl who Tamed Dinosaurs" -- Reconstruction in psychoanalysis: Ms. C., the "Slow Scientist" -- Psychoanalysis of a patient with borderline personality disorder and minimal encephalopathy: Mr. G., the "Great White Hunter" -- Shahar: art therapy of a boy with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Conduct Disorder -- Parent counselling and early intervention -- Mastery, aggression, and narcissism -- Cognition in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy -- Neurobiological perspective -- Conclusions