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Object relations theory

Object relations theory is a school of thought in psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalysis centered around theories of stages of ego development. Its concerns include the relation of the psyche to others in childhood and the exploration of relationships between external people, as well as internal images and the relations found in them. Adherents to this…

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related to Further reading · 15
Object relations theory → An Introduction, An Object-Relations Theory, Basic Books, Black, Fairbairn, Free Association Press, Freud, Gomez, ISBN, James, London, New York, Personality, Real Self, The Search
related to history · 14
Object relations theory → British, British Independent Group, Donald Winnicott, Harry Guntrip, Harry Stack Sullivan, In, Klein's, Melanie Klein, North America, Ronald Fairbairn, Subsequently, Sándor Ferenczi, The, While Fairbairn
related to Extensions into couples and family psychotherapy · 10
Object relations theory → Berkowitz, David, He, In, In Object Relations Couple, Jill Savege Scharff, Object Relations Family Therapy, Scharff, Their, Therapy
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Object relations theory → Gabbard, Glen, Gregory Hamilton, Hamilton, In, Kernberg's, Otto, While
related to Theory · 6
Object relations theory → Freudian, However, Internal, Objects, The, While
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Object relations theory → Psychology Department, Sonoma State University Archived, Wayback MachineMelanie Klein Obituary
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Object relations theory → school of thought in psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalysis centered around theories of stages of ego development

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