Lichtenberg J D, Wolf E
Washington Psychoanalytic Institute, USA.
J Am Psychoanal Assoc. 1997;45(2):531-43.
In the more than twenty-five years since Kohut formulated a psychology of the self, the basic theory has undergone many revisions and additions. In the course of broadening from a focus on narcissism and empathy into a general theory of normal and pathological development, self psychology has taken so many different directions that the question can be asked, Does self psychology remain essentially a single theory with different descriptors--a theory of a self-selfobject matrix, a theory of intersubjectivity, a theory of motivational systems, and so on? A concise statement of general principles is intended to contribute to a dialogue between advocates of the views presented here and those who hold different views of theory and practice, within and withoutself psychology.
自从科胡特提出自我心理学以来的二十五年多时间里，其基本理论经历了多次修订和补充。在从专注于自恋和共情扩展为关于正常与病理发展的一般理论的过程中，自我心理学呈现出诸多不同的发展方向，以至于有人会问，自我心理学本质上是否仍是一个有着不同描述方式的单一理论——一个关于自我-自体客体矩阵的理论、一个关于主体间性的理论、一个关于动机系统的理论等等？一份对一般原则的简要陈述旨在促进在此阐述观点的倡导者与自我心理学内外持有不同理论和实践观点的人之间的对话。
