In these talks Dr David Celani outlines Fairbairn’s pioneering model which describes how object relations influence personality development. He has found this particularly useful in the treatment of borderline patients who are generally considered difficult and unrewarding to work with.
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David P. Celani, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who practiced for more than 25 years in Burlington, Vermont. In treatment, he focused on his patients’ “attachment to bad objects”, which manifested through their inability to separate from parents, friends, or marital partners who demeaned, criticized, or abused them.
Fairbairn’s Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting
Publisher: Columbia University Press – 2010
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Publisher: Columbia University Press – 1996
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Publisher: Columbia University Press – 2011
