Mutuality, Recognition, and the Self

Christine C Kieffer

• Introduction , Prologue: Integrating perspectives on the origins and consolidation of the self , The Contributions of Family , From selfobjects to mutual recognition: towards optimal responsiveness in father and daughter relationships , On siblings: mutual regulation and mutual recognition , On “psychoanalytic siblings” and the “only child”: expanding the relational context beyond the parent–child dyad , On grandparents: immigration, trauma, resilience, and the telescoping of generations , The Impact of Group , Phases of group development: a view from self psychology , How does group analysis cure: an exploration of narcissistic rage in group treatment , Developmental Impasses: Removing Obstacles to Growth in Treatment , Restitutive selfobject function in the “entitled victim”: a relational self-psychological perspective , On empathy, countertransference disclosure, and mutual recognition , Emergence and the analytic third: working at the edge of chaos , The waiting-room as boundary and bridge between self-states and unformulated experience , Epilogue: Mutuality, recognition, and the subject