Heinz Kohut
Heinz Kohut was an Austrian-born American psychoanalyst best known for his development of self psychology, an influential school of thought within psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory which helped transform the modern practice of analytic and dynamic treatment approaches.
Background
- Born in
- Vienna
- Educated at
- University of Vienna
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Trending topics shown first"The creative individual, whether in art or science, is less psychologically separated from his surroundings than the non-creative one; the "I-you" barrier is not as clearly defined."
"The antithesis to narcissism is not the object relation but object love."
"States the self may expand far beyond the borders of the individual, or it may shrink and become identical with a single one of his actions or aims."
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1913
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