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After providing an unusually clear, succinct, comprehensible summary of the basic elements of Kohut's theoretical perspective on personality development, the
author discusses the usefulness of this perspective in the treatment of some college students with academic underachievement. He offers useful case examples showing that self psychology can "provde a basis for interventions that range from psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy to cognitive psychotherapy."