Books by Althea J. Horner

'Perhaps the acid test for any book on psychoanalytic theory is the light it sheds on the complex problems that a therapist faces. This book passes that test with flying colors. I now see my patients in a different light and I have changed my approach with beneficial results.' -Samuel L. Bradshaw, Jr. The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Resistance is the word for a patient's defense mechanisms encountered in psychotherapy. They protect the individual from a variety of conscious or unconscious intrapsychic or interpersonal dangers, but interfere with the process of exploration and discovery, causing an impasse in treatment. This work is written for professional psychotherapists.

This text presents a model of treatment which is grounded in the basic theory of core relationship conflict, taking a classic object-relations perspective on child development as the underlying source of the current problem.

Written for the student and beginner, this book explains the basic clinical concepts, practices and principles of psychoanalytic object relations therapy. Basic concepts, technical considerations in therapy, the treatment process and clinical case examples are discussed.

From the start of life, all of us strive to achieve two goals: intimacy with another person and discovery and expression of our own identity. All too often, however, we experience these goals as conflicting. This book focuses on the image of self and of others formed in the first three years of life.