Echoism

<p>This book introduces the importance of echoism as a clinical entity and a theoretical concept. In Ovid's version of the myth of Echo and Narcissus, the character Echo receives equal attention to her counterpart, Narcissus, yet she has been completely marginalised in the pervasive literatures on narcissism.</p><p>The author draws upon her work with patients who have experienced relationships with narcissistic partners or parents, and have developed a particular configuration of object relations and ways of relating for which she uses the term echoism. She uses psychoanalytic theory and existential philosophical ideas to underpin her formulations and inform her clinical thinking.</p><p>Donnna Savery explores the question 'Am I an Echoist?' and introduces the concept of Echoism in the following YouTube video: </p><p>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEyjolXL7lA</p> <p><em>List of clinical vignettes</em></p><p><em>Acknowledgements</em></p><p><em>About the author</em></p><p><em>Foreword by Alice Holzey-Kunz</em></p><p>Introduction</p><p><strong>Part I: Important theories in understanding echoism</strong></p><p>CHAPTER ONE: The myth of Echo and Narcissus: deconstructing dominant readings</p><p>CHAPTER TWO: Adam’s rib: a psychoanalytic approach to understanding echoism</p><p>CHAPTER THREE: To be or not to be: an existential approach to understanding echoism</p><p><strong>Part II: Types of echoism</strong> </p><p>CHAPTER FOUR: Chimeras and chameleons: the defensive echoist</p><p>CHAPTER FIVE: Hosts and henchmen: the self-destructive echoist</p><p><strong>Part III: Over-valued ideas, god-like objects, and faith</strong></p><p>CHAPTER SIX: Mistaken identity or what you will? Internal voices, narcissistic objects and the echoist</p><p>CHAPTER SEVEN: Hera’s curse: faith and reason – a complex paradox</p><p><strong>Part IV: A dynamic understanding of an echoistic-narcissistic complex</strong></p><p>CHAPTER EIGHT: Characters in search of an author: echoistic-narcissistic complexes and group dynamics</p><p>CHAPTER NINE: Is there anybody in there? The therapist as echoist</p><p><strong>Part V: Conclusions and future directions</strong></p><p>CHAPTER TEN: Prometheus’ fire: being and becoming: an approach to treatment</p>