Personal relations therapy: the collected papers of H.J.S. Guntrip

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FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION Section I 1952-1958 THE FAIRBAIRN PERIOD OF “BROADLY OEDIPAL” ANALYSIS EARLY PERCEPTIONS OF THE SCHIZOID PROBLEM2 THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST AS PARENT AND EXORCIST5 OBJECT RELATIONS THEORY AS A SYNTHESIS OF THE INTRAPSYCHIC AND THE INTERPERSONAL MOVING BEYOND FREUD TO “A MORE ACTIVELY PERSONAL KIND OF TREATMENT” Section II 1960-1962 THE SCHIZOID COMPROMISE: THE NEED AND FEAR OF REGRESSION DEEPER PERCEPTION OF THE SCHIZOID PROBLEM THE APPALLING RISK OF THE LOSS OF DEFINITE SELFHOOD AND THE STRUGGLE TO RETAIN A “FAMILIAR SELF” DEVITALISATION AND THE MANIC DEFENCE Section III 1962-1969 THE WINNICOTT PERIOD: REGRESSION AND REGROWTH “IN TRUTH THE NEED TO REGRESS CANNOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY”6 THE INFANT IN THE PATIENT: A UNIQUE CENTRE OF MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE7 THINKING WHAT WE FEEL; FEELING WHAT WE THINK THE HEART OF THE PERSONAL10 Section IV 1971-1978 “LIVING”: THE POST-WINNICOTT PERIOD FREUD, ADLER AND DICKIE VALENTINE11 PSYCHOLOGY AND COMMON SENSE FREUD, RUSSELL AND “THE CORE OF LONELINESS” PSYCHODYNAMIC REALITIES CAN THE THERAPIST LOVE THE PATIENT? REPLY TO HAMMERTON13 RESPONSE TO EYSENCK CREDITS