The Primer of Object Relations

Jill Savege Scharff, M.D., co-director of the International Psychotherapy Institute, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University, and teaches child analysis at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. David E. Scharff, M. D., co-director of the International Psychotherapy Institute, is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University, and a teaching analyst at the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. Please click here to see a list of International Psychotherapy Institute Conferences (PDF file).

Chapter 1 The Self and Its Objects Chapter 2 Basic Freudian Concepts Chapter 3 From Freud to Object Relations Theory Chapter 4 Endopsychic Structure Chapter 5 Projective and Introjective Identification and Containment Chapter 6 The Holding Environment Chapter 7 The Concept of Positions Chapter 8 Attachment Theory Chapter 9 Trauma Chapter 10 Chaos Theory Chapter 11 The Therapeutic Relationship and the Geography of the Transference Chapter 12 Relation to Other Theoretical Systems and Clinical Approaches Chapter 13 Principles of Assessment Chapter 14 Technique I: Setting the Frame, Impartiality, Psychological Space, and the Use of the Therapist's Self Chapter 15 Technique II: Working with Transference, Countertransference, and Interpretation Chapter 16 Technique III: The Use of Dreams, Fantasy, and Play Chapter 17 Brief Therapy Chapter 18 Technique and Theory Review with Clinical Illustration Chapter 19 Working Through and Termination Chapter 20 Integration of Individual Therapy with Couple, Family, Group, and Sex Therapies Chapter 21 The Application of Object Relations Theory to Various Syndromes and Populations Chapter 22 The Role and Experience of the Object Relations Therapist Chapter 23 The Development of Therapeutic Capacity Chapter 24 A Guide to Further Reading Chapter 25 References