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This paper attempts to conceptualize the dynamics of selfesteem in an adolescent suffering from a perceptual deficit. The interrelationship between the deficit and the development of self-esteem is discussed from two points of view, that of traditional ego psychology and that of the psychology of the self. In the case illustration given, the treatment methods were heavily influenced by the work of Heinz Kohut and by the insights provided by his psychology of the self.
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Palombo, J. Perceptual deficits and self-esteem in adolescence. Clin Soc Work J 7, 34–61 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00761357
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