Fairbairn's Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting

by David P. Celani

Book Overview

W. R. D. Fairbairn (1889-1964) challenged the dominance of Freud's drive theory with a psychoanalytic theory based on the internalization of human relationships. Fairbairn assumed that the unconscious develops in childhood and contains dissociated memories of parental neglect, insensitivity, and outright abuse that are impossible the children to tolerate consciously. In Fairbairn's model, these dissociated memories protect developing children from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231149077
• ISBN13: 9780231149075
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher