Though self psychology also recognizes certain drives, conflicts and complexes present in Freudian psychodynamic theory, these are understood within a different framework.
Many of his publications 'centered on the evolution and development of self psychology.
Behind such perfectionism, self psychology would see earlier traumatic injuries to the grandiose self.
The concept has been widely employed in ego psychology and also contributed to the roots of self psychology.
Major variations on Freudian psychoanalysis practiced today include self psychology, ego psychology, and object relations theory.
Ongoing developments in object relations theory and the rise of self psychology would however lead to a revival of interest in the idea.
Self psychology from the perspective of evolutionary biology: Toward a biological foundation for self psychology.
On the resistance to self psychology: Clues from evolutionary biology.
Compassion and altruism in psychoanalytic theory: An evolutionary analysis of self psychology.
On the existential/subjectivism-scientific/objectivism dialectic in self psychology: A view from evolutionary biology.