title: Object relations theory and activity theory: a proposed link by way of the procedural sequence model.
abstract: An account of object relations theory (ORT), represented in terms of the procedural sequence model (PSM), is compared to the ideas of Vygotsky and activity theory (AT). The two models are seen to be compatible and complementary and their combination offers a satisfactory account of human psychology, appropriate for the understanding and integration of psychotherapy.
authors.affiliation: UMDS, St Thomas's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ryle
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D010553:Personality Development; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*