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The Misuse of Persons: Analyzing Pathological Dependency
The Misuse of Persons Analyzing Pathological Dependency Author:Stanley J. Coen Coen illuminates the heretofore undescribed character structure of pathologically dependent patients. He attends not only to the developmental and structural aspects of pathological dependency, but to the constellation of behavioral features that regularly accompanies it. Investigating such topics as repetitive sexualization, the inner sense of ... more »"defect," superego corruption, and the perverse use of the object, Coen extends the reach of psychoanalytic characterology and provides a foundational statement about the psychology of analytic stalemates.« less