Citation

Revik JO. Br. J. Psychother. 2001; 17(4): 435-447.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1752-0118.2001.tb00608.x

PMID

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Abstract

Two patients, one with an overt and the other with a covert narcis-sistic disorder, are followed through five years of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. A number of important turning points in the therapies are closely evaluated in order to discover possible mutative elements. Special attention is paid to the patients? self-sufficiency. The attachment process to the therapist and the patients? gradual acceptance of healthy dependency are described. The theoretical framework is selfpsychological.