Gender and Psychoanalytic Treatment - Paperback

by Morton Kissen (Editor)

This collection of essays explores the significance of gender in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice. Areas covered include Freud's formulations on women in the light of object relations theory and the impact of a mother's core gender conflicts on her daughters' personality development.

Author Biography

Morton Kissen, Ph.D. Professor and Associate Director, Postdoctoral Psychotherapy Program, Gordon Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York; Supervisor and Control Analyst, New York Center for Psychoanalytic Training.