Self and Motivational Systems

<p>In this sequel to Lichtenberg's <i>Psychoanalysis and Motivation</i> (TAP 1989) the authors show how their revised theory of motivation provides the foundation for a new approach to psychoanalytic technique. The approach in <i>Self and Motivational Systems</i>emphasizes a finely honed sensitivity to moment-to-moment analytic exchanges and an appreciation of which motivational system is dominant during that exchange. Throughout the authors stress the creative power of psychoanalysis as a joint effort shaped by the intersubjective context of a particular analysand communicating and interacting with a particular analyst. At the heart of the analytic relationship is the analysand's expectation of evoking a vitalizing selfobject experience from the analyst and the analyst's expectation in turn of evoking a selfobject experience of efficacy from his or her work with the analysand.</p>