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editorial review
Dr. Summers presents us with a new paradigm for psychoanalytic technique that is most welcome at Transcending The Self book this time. He uses
in-depth clinical case illustrations to compare the relevant ideas of ego psychology, relational psychoanalysis, and object relations theories, and then creatively adds his own stamp in the form of his astute appreciation of "transference." His notion of self-transcendence calls to mind Michelangelo's remark that, in creating a sculpture, he simply cut away excess marble in order to free the image he always knew was there. [read more]
James S. Grotstein, M.D.
Training and Supervising Analyst
Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute
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Dr. Summers is the author of three published books:

Transcending The Self book image Self Creation: Psychoanalytic Therapy
and the Art of the Possible (2005)
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Transcending The Self book image Object Relations Theories and Psychopathology (1994)
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Transcending The Self book image Transcending The Self: An Object
Relations Model of Psychoanalytic Therapy (1999)
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Dr. Frank Summers, Ph.D ABPP | 333 East Ontario, Suite 4509B, Chicago, Illinois 60611 | ph. 312 266 8230 | e. Franksumphd@hotmail.com