Böcker av Phil (Lister Hospital Mollon

Dr. Phil Mollon has written a new introduction and first chapter, and has substantially revised and modified the rest of the book.

This volume sets out the clinical observations and theories of psychoanalyst, Heinz Kohut, centering around "self psychology". It examines Kohut's own clinical illustrations and explores the interaction between his work and other contemporary psychoanalytic points of view.

In "The Fragile Self" Dr Mollon argues that psycho--analysis requires an adequate theory of self in order to address effectively those states of mind in which a disturbed sense of self is prominent.

The book draws upon the exciting and illuminating understanding of trauma and dissociation that has developed within the last decade and shows how this can transform our view of many severe personality disorders. MPD is presented as a disorder based upon trauma and pretence - a pretence which structures the personality.