PSYC 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Heinz Kohut, Otto F. Kernberg, Donald Winnicott

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3400
• Professor: William Sharp

Document Summary

So now what: freud"s notions of dual drive were taking off, people began theorizing how to work with pre-oedipal issues- more pre- object terms and especially early aggression: kernberg, kohut, spotnitz. Empathic attunement: the accurate re ection of another"s emotional state. Mirroring self-object: a mother who empathically af rms her infant"s sense of health, happiness, greatness, and strength. Cohesive nuclear self: a self that is formed not so much by conscious encouragement and praise but by deeply anchored responsiveness of the self objects . Born of rape, unwanted child, so has problems with attunement so he spends the rest of his life looking for perfect mirroring. Rst md to become a child psychoanalyst. Tips: remember your child is very vulnerable, let a child be angry, make sure your child isn"t too compliant- lead to false self, let your child be, realize the gravity of the job. Classic freudian- always comes down to sex (libido, oedipal triangle etc. )