Object relations therapy

"Drawing upon object relations theory, including the work of Melanie Klein, Otto Kernberg, Margaret Mahler, and Heinz Kohut, this book outlines a treatment approach in which the therapist uses the therapeutic relationship to being about chnage. The actual techniques of object relations therapy are systematically presented, with special attention devoted to the patient's use of projective identifications. Cashdan's expertise asa teacher is amply demonstrated as he outlines the steps of object relations therapy, from engagement, through identification an confrontation of projective…