Contemporary psychoanalysis is comprised of three dominant paradigms: ego psychology, object relations theory, and self psychology.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Group-as-a-whole and object relations theory have evolved along parallel paths. The initial application of the former to psychotherapy at the ...

The assessment of social cognition and object relations remains a cornerstone in contemporary clinical research, providing critical insights into individuals' internal representations of self and ...

"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind." –Rudyard Kipling To the trainee or beginning psychotherapist, psychodynamic theory is often seen as a daunting, obscure paradigm with a ...