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The Real Self and Psychic Interiority: A Response to Drs. Paris, Horner, and Spero

The Real Self and Psychic Interiority: A Response to Drs. Paris, Horner, and Spero The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 59, No. 2, 1999 THE REAL SELF AND PSYCHIC INTERIORITY: A RESPONSE TO DRS. PARIS, HORNER, AND SPERO Douglas H. Ingram I find it a pleasure to respond to three such distinguished colleagues, all of whom I have had the good fortune to engage in matters clinical and theoretical over many years. Bernard J. Paris, the literary critic and eminent biographer of Karen Hor- ney, states that on initially reading Neurosis and Human Growth he found Horney's ideas clear in every regard with one exception: the real self. Only later, after undergoing much therapy, did it become evident to him what Horney intended. As he tells us, Horney's concept of the real self refers to the central source from which personal growth proceeds. Constructive as- pects of living, including morality, genuine responsibility, and creativity, all emanate from the real self. Horney's real self, he continues, has much in common with Masterson's concept of the same name, with Kohut's nuclear self, Winnicott's true self, and Horner's intrinsic self. These authors concur that whatever adversely impacts the actualization of this healthy essential self, however denoted, produces psychopathology. Paris expands briefly on Horney's view of how http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

The Real Self and Psychic Interiority: A Response to Drs. Paris, Horner, and Spero

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 59 (2) – Oct 15, 2004

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1999 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1023/A:1022059714710
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 59, No. 2, 1999 THE REAL SELF AND PSYCHIC INTERIORITY: A RESPONSE TO DRS. PARIS, HORNER, AND SPERO Douglas H. Ingram I find it a pleasure to respond to three such distinguished colleagues, all of whom I have had the good fortune to engage in matters clinical and theoretical over many years. Bernard J. Paris, the literary critic and eminent biographer of Karen Hor- ney, states that on initially reading Neurosis and Human Growth he found Horney's ideas clear in every regard with one exception: the real self. Only later, after undergoing much therapy, did it become evident to him what Horney intended. As he tells us, Horney's concept of the real self refers to the central source from which personal growth proceeds. Constructive as- pects of living, including morality, genuine responsibility, and creativity, all emanate from the real self. Horney's real self, he continues, has much in common with Masterson's concept of the same name, with Kohut's nuclear self, Winnicott's true self, and Horner's intrinsic self. These authors concur that whatever adversely impacts the actualization of this healthy essential self, however denoted, produces psychopathology. Paris expands briefly on Horney's view of how

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