The Dissociative Mind

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1. Dissociation: A Model of the Psyche -- 2. The Self in Context: Unity and Multiplicity -- 3. Pioneers of Psychodynamic Thinking About Dissociation: Janet, Freud, Ferenczi, and Fairbairn -- 4. The Interpersonal and Relational Traditions: Sullivan, Bromberg, Davies and Frawley-O'dea, and Stern -- 5. Hybrid Models: Ryle's Multiple Self State Model Van Der Hart, Nijenhuis, and Steele's Theory of the Structural Dissociation of the Personality Hilgard's Neodissociation Theory And Somatoform Dissociation -- 6. Attachment Theory and Dissociation -- 7. Attachment-Based Dissociation: A Different View of Spliting -- 8. Projective Identification: Blind Foresight -- 9. Concepts of Psychic Processes, Defense, and Personality Organization -- 10. Narcissism: A Relational Aspect of Dissociation -- 11. Good Girls, Sexy Bad Girls, and Warriors: The Role of Trauma and Dissociation in the Creation and Reproduction of Gender -- 12. The Dissociative Underpinnings of Psychopathy: When the Terrible is True, Not Only Are We Not Safe, But, More Important, We Can No Longer Imagine.