The Wolf-Man case: classical and self-psychological perspectives.
Freud's description of his analysis and treatment of the Wolf-Man will be forever regarded as an extraordinary clinical and theoretical achievement. What has been attempted in this paper is to demonstrate how selected aspects of the Wolf-Man case could be interpreted using a self-psychology paradigm. The intent was not to demean Freud or to undermine the theoretical and clinical contributions of drive/structure theory. Rather, I have attempted to show how Freud's analysis and treatment of the Wolf-Man might have been enhanced by a familiarity with more recent developments in psychoanalysis.
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Department of Therapeutic Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706-1532.
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