Readings on Fairbairn and Object Relations
Theory and Practice
David P. Celani, Ph.D
Celani1@comcast.net
Journal Articles
on Fairbairn’s Work
Beattie, H.J., (2003) ‘The repression
and the return of bad objects’: W.R.D. Fairbairn and the historical
roots of theory. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis.
84, 1171-1187.
Celani, D, P, (1999) Applying
Fairbairn’s object relation theory to the dynamics of the battered
woman. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 53, 60-72.
Celani, D.P., (2001). Working with
Fairbairn’s ego structures, Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 37,
391-416
Celani, D.P., (2007). A structural
analysis of the obsessional character: a Fairbairnian perspective.
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis. 67, 119-140.
Mitchell, S.A., (1981). The origin and
nature of the “object” in the theories of Klein and Fairbairn.
Contemporary Psychoanalysis. 17, 374-378.
Rubens, R.L., (1984). The meaning of
structure in Fairbairn. International Review of Psychoanalysis.
11, 429-440.
Scharff, D.E. and Birtles, E.F., (1997) From instinct to self: the evolution and implications of W.R.D. Fairbairn’s theory of object relations. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. 78, 1085-1103.
Books
Birtles, E.F. and Scharff, D.E. From Instinct To Self, Selected Papers of W.R.D. Fairbairn, Vol. ll, Northvale, NJ. Jason Aronson Inc. 1994.
Buckley, P. Ed., Essential Papers on Object Relations. New York NY, New York Universities Press, 1986.
Celani, D. P. The Treatment of the Borderline Patient: Applying Fairbairn's Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting, Madison, CT. International Universities Press, 1993.
Celani, D.P. The Illusion Of Love; Why the Battered Woman Returns To Her Abuser, New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 1995.
Druck, A. Four Therapeutic Approaches to the Borderline Patient, Northvale, N J. Jason Aronson Inc, 1989.
Fairbairn, W.R.D. Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.
Giovacchini, P.L. Character Disorders and Adaptive Mechanisms, New York, NY, Jason Aronson Inc. 1984.
Greenberg, J. and Mitchell, S. Object Relations in Psychoanalytic Theory, Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press, l983.
Grotstein, J.S. and Rinsley, D.B. Eds. Fairbairn and the Origins of Object Relations. New York, NY, The Guilford Press, 1994.
Hamilton, N.G. Self and Others, Object Relations Theory in Practice. Northvale, NJ. Jason Aronson Inc, 1988.
Mitchell, S.A. Relational Concepts in Psychoanalysis. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press, 1988.
Mitchell, S.A. Hope and Dread in Psychoanalysis. New York, Basic Books, 1993
Mitchell, S.A. Influence and Autonomy In Psychoanalysis. Hillsdale, NJ. The Analytic Press, 1997.
Rayner, E. The Independent Mind In British Psychoanalysis. Northvale, NJ. Janson Aronson, Inc, 1991.
Scharff, D.E. and Birtles, E.F., From Instinct To Self, Selected Papers of W.R.D. Fairbairn, Vol.1. Northvale, N.J. Jason Aronson, 1994.
Scharff, D.E and Skolnick, N.J. Eds. Fairbairn, Then And Now, Hillsdale, N.J. The Analytic Press, 1998.
Seinfeld, J. The Empty Core, An Object Relations Approach to Psychotherapy of the Schizoid Personality, Northvale, New Jersey, Jason Aronson, 1991.
Seinfeld, J. Containing Rage, Terror and Despair; An Object relations Approach To Psychotherapy, Northvale N.J. Jason Aronson, 1996.
