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Extending Kohut's Concept of Selfobject: The Undifferentiated Selfobject.

This paper highlights and adds to the understanding of the undifferentiated selfobject, an extension of Kohut's contributions of mirror, twinship and idealizing selfobjects. Introduced by Rowe in (), the undifferentiated selfobject follows Kohut's teaching that there are still selfobjects that have...

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Published in:Clinical Social Work Journal Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 26 - 34
Main Author: Rowe, Crayton
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2013
Subjects:
Object relations
Child psychology
Self psychology
Motivation research
Goal (Psychology)
Psychoanalysis
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This paper highlights and adds to the understanding of the undifferentiated selfobject, an extension of Kohut's contributions of mirror, twinship and idealizing selfobjects. Introduced by Rowe in (), the undifferentiated selfobject follows Kohut's teaching that there are still selfobjects that have not been discovered and which, therefore, have remained unanalyzed. This paper offers an understanding of the importance of the undifferentiated selfobject in the treatment of a depressed and potentially suicidal woman.