This article examines the political contents of object relations psychoanalysis, a theory that perceives dependence as the natural state of all humans. Unlike the views advanced by the classical state ...

Group-as-a-whole and object relations theory have evolved along parallel paths. The initial application of the former to psychotherapy at the Tavistock Clinic employed a group-centered method. At that ...

Object relations theory may be useful when dealing with a narcissist who manipulates and controls by playing favorites.