PEP | Article - Using Self Psychology in Psychotherapy edited by Helene Jackson Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1991, x + 284 pp., $35.00 Individuation and Narcissism: The Psychology of the Self in Jung and Kohut by Mario Jacoby translated by Myron Gubitz and Françoise O'Kane London: Routledge, 1990, xi + 267 pp., $16.95 paper Jung's Self Psychology: A Constructivist Perspective by Polly Young-Eisendrath and James Hall New York: Guilford, 1991, xix + 188 pp., $25.00

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Abstract

In spite of the use of the word “self” in the title of each of these three books, they have little else in common. I shall discuss each of them individually in order to give the reader an idea of what will be encountered.

The work edited by Jackson contains chapters by a variety of authors, some of whom are well known in the field of self psychology, and is primarily aimed at the practicing clinician. The level of discourse is basic and straightforward; case vignettes are provided; and the application of self psychology to various clinical situations such as psychosis, narcissistic rage, alcoholism, and eating disorders is taken up. There are essays on the treatment of

PEP | Article - Using Self Psychology in Psychotherapy edited by Helene Jackson Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1991, x + 284 pp., $35.00 Individuation and Narcissism: The Psychology of the Self in Jung and Kohut by Mario Jacoby translated by Myron Gubitz and Françoise O'Kane London: Routledge, 1990, xi + 267 pp., $16.95 paper Jung's Self Psychology: A Constructivist Perspective by Polly Young-Eisendrath and James Hall New York: Guilford, 1991, xix + 188 pp., $25.00 - Chessick, Richard D.