The Self after Thought: An Object Relations Discussion of Failure to Know.

Socor, Barbara

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ERIC Number: EJ514453

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Publication Date: 1993

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The Self after Thought: An Object Relations Discussion of Failure to Know.

Socor, Barbara

Journal of Analytic Social Work, v1 n1 p75-104 1993

Presents paradigmatic case of "failure to know" involving a 36-year-old man treated in psychoanalytic therapy. Reviews issues such as the construction of narrative meaning, the concept of alexithymia, and the object-relational concept of the "unthought known." Discusses transference-countertransference matrix. (JBJ)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Structures, Individual Development, Mental Health, Metaphors, Object Permanence, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Self Concept, Social Work, Social Workers

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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