The search for the real self

The SEARCH for the REAL SELF

Preface vii

1 . The False Self : The Internal Saboteur 1
2 . The Development of the Real Self 20
3 . The Real Self in Action 38
4 . Fear of Abandonment : The Self Under Siege 51
5 . Portrait of the Borderline 75
6 . Portrait of the Narcissist 90
7 . The Challenge of Intimacy 107
8 . Psychotherapy with the Borderline 129
9 . The Borderline Syndrome in Adolescence 149
10 . Psychotherapy with the Narcissist 174
11 . The Therapist as the Guardian of the Real Self 191
12 . The Creative Solution : Sartre, Munch, and Wolfe 208

Epilogue 231
Notes 235
Selected Bibliography 239
Index 241