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States the self may expand far beyond the borders of the individual, or it may shrink and become identical with a single one of his actions or aims.

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Heinz Kohut (3 May 1913 – 8 October 1981) was an Austrian-born American psychoanalyst best known for his development of self psychology, an influential school of thought within psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory which helped transform the modern practice of analytic and dynamic treatment approaches.

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States the self may expand far beyond the borders of the individual, or it may shrink and become identical with a single one of his actions or aims. - Heinz Kohut

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