The curative fantasy and psychic recovery : contribution to the theory of psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
The discovery of selfobject transferences and the interpretation of symptomatic behavior from within the patient's perspective have altered the conduct of psychoanalytic psychotherapy in fundamental ways. A review of the treatment process from a self psychological perspective serves as a background for pointing to the significance of curative fantasies in the process of recovery.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati.
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Ornstein