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In Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology: A Comprehensive Text, Frank Summers provides thorough, lucid, and critically informed accounts of the work of major object relations theorists: Fairbairn, Guntrip, Klein, Winnicott, Kernberg, and Kohut. His expositions achieve... Read Full Overview

Twenty-nine years since the first edition was released, Frank Summers has renewed his

lucid and thorough clarification of the various object relations theories to demonstrate

their evolution and continued significance for therapeutic practice.

This volume... Read Full Overview

In addition to his thorough, lucid accounts of the work of each major object relations theorist, Summers offers concluding chapters that highlight the broad commonalities that link all object relations theories and set them apart from other contemporary

Twenty-nine years since the first edition was released, Frank Summers has renewed his

lucid and thorough clarification of the various object relations theories to demonstrate

their evolution and continued significance for therapeutic practice.

This volume... Read Full Overview