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Originally Posted by Xynesthesia
I agree that "modern" can refer to a broader variety but am holding that I speak about something more specific regarding working with anger and frustration. Spotnitz had specific concepts on his own that do build on self psychology but he developed his own more specific concepts and approach, originally while treating schizophrenia and narcissistic disorders. I took classes at the Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies and discussed theory a lot with my ex-T who followed that tradition (he is directly from the lineage of Spotnitz followers) so am pretty confident in what I am saying. It was actually part of the reason that analyst was not a good fit for me - he has that interest very strongly and wants to work with every client that way, but I did not find it useful, I don't think I have the relevant issues. Anyway, one can look up all that online.
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Thanks for explaining. I ended up concluding he was his own thing when I was trying to sort everything out. Looking back, I think it's similar to object relations and attachment theory-sometimes attachment is part of it, sometimes it's not and is considered a separate concept. And like sometimes interpersonal is considered part of relational, yet sometimes it's not and is it's own separate thing. So I think there may be multiple ways to look at the same thing, and I'd imagine multiple professors have different ways of looking at it, depending on who is instructing the class. So I think a tree is the best way to visualize.
I'm still confused by your take on this because they all technically work with anger and frustration and negative transference, but I'll just have to read up on it more if I get the urge.