Stephen M. Johnson Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

The premise of this liberating book is that the single experience can be much more than a way station between partners; it is rather, a rewarding and desirable alternative lifestyle. The author's purpose is to show single adults in a couples-oriented culture how to overcome the problems and fulfill their promise of living in the first person singular.

How basic existential and developmental issues underlie the severe pathology of personality disorders and symptoms of neurosis in character styles. Johnson shows how basic life issues underlie the severe pathology of personality disorder, the nagging symptoms of neurosis, and the more functional coping and adaptation of the character styles. Johnson’s dimensional model captures the complexity of the human personality, while allowing for variability not seen in categorical systems such as DSM-IV. His descriptive names of the character styles not only link childhood experiences to later personality and psychopathology but also put flesh and bones on psychiatric diagnosis.

Stephen Johnsons wichtigstes Buch ist aus gutem Grund der erfolgreichste Titel zum Dauerthema Narzissmus: Ihm ist eine Analyse des Narzissmus gelungen, die sich auf Psychoanalyse, Ich-Psychologie, Objektbeziehungstheorie, selbstpsychologische und humanistische Ansätze (Bioenergetik, Gestalttherapie) stützt. Ein Teil des Buches beschreibt anschaulich Johnsons Form der aktiven, humanistisch-psychoanalytischen Psychotherapie.