Acknowledgments Preface 1. INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS Part I The Therapeutic Activation of the Omnipotent Object 2. THE IDEALIZING TRANSFERENCE 3. A CLINICAL ILLUSTRATION OF IDEALIZING TRANSFERENCE 4. CLINICAL AND THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF THE IDEALIZING TRANSFERENCE The Idealizing Transference Distinguished from Mature Forms of Idealization Varieties of Idealizing Transference The Process of Working Through and Other Clinical Problems in the Idealizing Transference Part II The Therapeutic Activation of the Grandiose Self 5. TYPES OF MIRROR TRANSFERENCES: A CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS The Merger Through the Extension of the Grandiose Self The Alter-Ego Transference or Twinship The Mirror Transference in the Narrower Sense Clinical Examples 6. TYPES OF MIRROR TRANSFERENCES: A CLASSIFICATION ACCORDING TO GENETIC-DYNAMIC CONSIDERATIONS The Primary Mirror Transference The Reactive Mobilization of the Grandiose Self The Secondary Mirror Transference 7. THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS IN THE MIRROR TRANSFERENCES Acting Out in the Narcissistic Transferences: The Problem of Therapeutic Activism The Goals of the Working-Through Process Concerning the Activated Grandiose Self The Functions of the Analyst in the Analysis of the Mirror Transference The Significance of the Mirror Transference as the Instrumentality of the Working-Through Process General Remarks about the Mechanisms Which Bring about Therapeutic Progress in Psychoanalysis Part III Clinical and Technical Problems in the Narcissistic Transferences 8.

GENERAL REMARKS ABOUT NARCISSISTIC TRANSFERENCES Theoretical Considerations Clinical Considerations Traumatic States 9. CLINICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE NARCISSISTIC TRANSFERENCES 10. SOME REACTIONS OF THE ANALYST TO THE IDEALIZING TRANSFERENCE 11. SOME REACTIONS OF THE ANALYST TO THE MIRROR TRANSFERENCES 12. SOME THERAPEUTIC TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE ANALYSIS OF NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITIES Increase and Expansion of Object Love Progressive and Integrative Developments within the Narcissistic Realm Empathy Creativeness Humor and Wisdom Bibliography Concordance of Cases Index.