Interpersonal Boundaries Variations and

Across the lifespan we may experience moments of sublime intimacy, suffocating closeness, comfortable solitude, and intolerable distance or closeness. In Interpersonal Boundaries Variations and Violations Salman Akhtar and the other contributors demonstrate how boundaries, by delineating and containing the self, secure one's conscious and unconscious experience of entity and of self-governance.

Acknowledgments

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The Self and Its Boundaries: An Introductory Overview

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Jennifer Bonovitz

Boundary Formation in Children: Normality and Pathology

15

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Phyllis Tyson

Clinical Perspectives on the Development of Boundaries: Discussion of Tyson's Chapter, ``Boundary Formation in Children: Normality and Pathology''

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Ruth Garfield

Sexual and Nonsexual Boundary Violations in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

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Glen Gabbard

Going over the Edge---A One-Person or Two-Person Psychology? Discussion of Gabbard's Chapter, ``Sexual and Nonsexual Boundary Violations in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy''

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Ira Brenner

Breaking of Boundaries and Craving for Oneness

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Ilany Kogan

Experiencing Oneness: Pathological Pursuit or Normal Necessity? Discussion of Kogan's Chapter, ``Breaking of Boundaries and Craving for Oneness''

87

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Salman Akhtar

Why Boundaries. Fences, and Walls around the Self? A Concluding Commentary

99

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Henri Parens

Index

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About the Editor and Contributors

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Interpersonal Boundaries Variations and Violations

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