Reich's 'Character Analysis' was a major step in the development of what today would be called ego psychology.
This framework is influenced by both drive theory and ego psychology.
He is considered one of the founders and principal representatives of ego psychology.
Mahler shed light on the normal and abnormal features of the developmental ego psychology.
Her work provided a bridge between Freud's structural theory and ego psychology.
David Rapaport played a prominent role in the development of ego psychology and his work likely represented its apex.
In the United States, ego psychology was the predominant psychoanalytic approach from the 1940s through the 1960s.
By the 1970s, several challenges to the philosophical, theoretical, and clinical tenets of ego psychology emerged.
The clinical technique most commonly associated with ego psychology is defense analysis.
Kris thus opened the way for ego psychology to take a more positive view of regression.