1st Edition

Assessing Object Relations Phenomena

Edited By Morton Kissen Copyright 1986
396 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1986, this volume presents an object-relations model applicable to both the psychotherapy process and to a broad variety of psychological test data. This model, according to Dr Kissen, is based on three constructs, operationally defined: self-representation, “the various physiognomic modes by which the individual symbolizes an experiential image of himself and its... Read more

Contributors.  Introduction.  Part I: The Rorschach  1. Rorschach Thought Organization and Transference Enactment in the Patient-Examiner Relationship George I. Athey, Jr.  2. Self-Experience and Reality Testing: Synthesis of an Object Relations and an Ego Psychological Model on the Rorschach Alan Sugarman  3. An Object Relations Understanding of Borderline Phenomena on the Rorschach Alan Sugarman  4. Preconditions for Internalization: Introjective, Projective, and Boundary Phenomena in the Rorschach Michael K. Harty  5. An Objective Representation Approach to Rorschach Assessment Howard D. Lerner  6. An Object Relations View of the Borderline Defenses: A Rorschach Analysis Steven H. Cooper and David Arnow  Part II: Other Tests  7. Object Relations Aspects of Human Figure Drawings Morton Kissen  8. Combined Use of Human Figure Drawings and the Early Memories Test in Assessing Object Relations Phenomena Morton Kissen  9. An Object Relational Theory of Affect Maturity: Applications to the Thematic Apperception Test Anne E. Thompson  10. Bionian Interpretation of the Wechsler Scales: Paranoid-Schizoid Operations Richard M. Billow  Part III: The Testing Process  11. Therapeutic Exploration of Object Relations Patterns Observable During the Testing Process Morton Kissen  12. Treatment Implications of Object Relationships As They Unfold During the Diagnostic Interaction Fred Shectman and Michael K. Harty  Part IV: Psychosocial States  13. Assessing Children’s Mental Construction of the Object Bonnie Batter Slade  14. Meshing Character Structures in Marriage Partners Morton Kissen  15. Experiential and Structural Aspects of the (C) Rorschach Response in Patients with Narcissistic Character Pathology Paul M. Lerner  16. Self- and Object Representation in Borderline Disorders Henry M. Bachrach and Frederic J. Levine.  Name Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Morton Kissen