{"title":"Heinz Kohut","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeinz Kohut’s works delve deeply into the complexities of the human psyche, exploring the nature of the self and the therapeutic process. His writings, such as \u003cem\u003eHow Does Analysis Cure?\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Analysis of the Self\u003c\/em\u003e, offer profound insights into self psychology and the ways in which emotional wounds can be healed through psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in philosophy, psychology, and health will find Kohut’s approach both intellectually rigorous and compassionate. His books illuminate the connection between internal experience and mental wellbeing, making them essential reading for those curious about the transformative power of therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-does-analysis-cure-by-heinz-kohut-9780226006000","title":"How Does Analysis Cure?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Austro-American psychoanalyst Heinz Kohut was one of the foremost leaders in his field and developed the school of self-psychology, which sets aside the Freudian explanations for behaviour and looks instead at self\/object relationships and empathy to shed light on human behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHow Does Analysis Cure?\u003c\/em\u003e Kohut presents the theoretical framework for self-psychology and carefully lays out how the self develops over the course of time. Kohut also specifically defines healthy and unhealthy cases of Oedipal complexes and narcissism, while investigating the nature of analysis itself as treatment for pathologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis in-depth examination of “the talking cure” explores the lesser-studied phenomena of psychoanalysis, including when it is beneficial for analyses to be left unfinished, and the changing definition of “normal.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn important work for working psychoanalysts, this book is vital not only for psychologists but also for anyone interested in the complex inner workings of the human psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000638161132,"sku":"9780226006000","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/637e691f146d172bf9d62964241dfb02.jpg?v=1763323828"},{"product_id":"the-analysis-of-the-self-by-heinz-kohut-9780226450124","title":"The Analysis of the Self","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePsychoanalyst, teacher, and scholar, Heinz Kohut was one of the twentieth century's most important intellectuals. A rebel according to many mainstream psychoanalysts, Kohut challenged Freudian orthodoxy and the medical control of psychoanalysis in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn his highly influential book \u003ci\u003eThe Analysis of the Self\u003c\/i\u003e, Kohut established the industry standard for the treatment of personality disorders for a generation of analysts. This volume, best known for its groundbreaking analysis of narcissism, is essential reading for scholars and practitioners seeking to understand human personality in its many incarnations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Kohut has done for narcissism what the novelist Charles Dickens did for poverty in the nineteenth century. Everyone always knew that both existed and were a problem. . . . The undoubted originality is to have put it together in a form which carries appeal to action.”\u003c\/i\u003e—\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471720497388,"sku":"9780226450124","price":70.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780226450124-the-analysis-of-the-self.jpg?v=1775250280"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/heinz-kohut.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}