Robert W Firestone
Biographic Data
| ID | 4439561 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert W Firestone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert W |
| FAMILY NAME | Firestone |
| SIGNATURE | FIRESTONE R W |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Glendon Association, Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2064-1791 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Enemy Within
This article describes a dramatic and powerful division within the mind that exists, to varying degrees, in all people. Acknowledging this split, between self and antiself, is not only crucial to understanding human behavior in general; it is also fundamental to comprehending psychopathology. Early in life, children incorporate hurtful, rejecting, and hostile attitudes that were consciously or unconsciously directed toward them by their parents a…
Basic Tenets of Separation Theory
This article outlines the basic tenets of separation theory, including the fantasy bond and the voice process. The fantasy bond is a unifying concept explaining how human beings seek security in fantasies of fusion in an attempt to heal the fracture related to interpersonal trauma compounded by death anxiety. Painful elements in parent–child interactions are incorporated in the form of a negative thought process or “voice,” creating a division in…
Separation Theory
In this interview, clinical psychologist Robert Firestone responds to questions from terror management theorist and researcher Sheldon Solomon regarding the basic concepts in separation theory, an approach that integrates psychoanalytic and existential systems of thought. The topics under discussion include an explanation of the core conflict in life, a description of the fantasy bond, the critical inner voice, Voice Therapy, a cognitive/affectiv…
The Ultimate Resistance
Although resistance takes many forms, this article elucidates the primary source of resistance in psychotherapy as well as the fundamental resistance to leading a fulfilling life. The ultimate resistance to change, in both cases, originates in the anticipatory fear of arousing existential angst. To varying degrees, most individuals retreat from life and adopt defense mechanisms in an attempt to avoid reawakening suppressed feelings of terror and …
A controlled clinical trial of vitamin E supplementation in patients with congestive heart failure
Supplementation with vitamin E did not result in any significant improvements in prognostic or functional indexes of heart failure or in the quality of life of patients with advanced heart failure.
Voices in Suicide
Findings from empirical studies demonstrating significant relationships between parental introjects or ''voices'' and self - destructive behavior are presented In this article. The ''voice'' is defined as a systematized, integrated pattern of negative thoughts, accompanied by angry affect, that is the basis of an individual's maladaptive behavior. The studies applied the theoretical construct of the voice to the development of the Firestone Asses…
The psychodynamics of fantasy, addiction, and addictive attachments
Individual defenses against death anxiety
Early deprivation experiences, trauma, separation anxiety, and the corresponding development of psychological defenses set the stage fm an individual's method of coping with death anxiety. Thereafter, people accommodate to the fear of death to varying degrees, through the withdrawal of energy and emotional investment in life-affirming activities and close, personal relationships. The author proposes that death anxiety is related to the degree of …
The bipolar causality of regression
The ?voice
Voices in Suicide
Findings from empirical studies demonstrating significant relationships between parental introjects or ''voices'' and self - destructive behavior are presented In this article. The ''voice'' is defined as a systematized, integrated pattern of negative thoughts, accompanied by angry affect, that is the basis of an individual's maladaptive behavior. The studies applied the theoretical construct of the voice to the development of the Firestone Asses…
Individual defenses against death anxiety
Early deprivation experiences, trauma, separation anxiety, and the corresponding development of psychological defenses set the stage fm an individual's method of coping with death anxiety. Thereafter, people accommodate to the fear of death to varying degrees, through the withdrawal of energy and emotional investment in life-affirming activities and close, personal relationships. The author proposes that death anxiety is related to the degree of …
Basic Tenets of Separation Theory
This article outlines the basic tenets of separation theory, including the fantasy bond and the voice process. The fantasy bond is a unifying concept explaining how human beings seek security in fantasies of fusion in an attempt to heal the fracture related to interpersonal trauma compounded by death anxiety. Painful elements in parent–child interactions are incorporated in the form of a negative thought process or “voice,” creating a division in…
The Ultimate Resistance
Although resistance takes many forms, this article elucidates the primary source of resistance in psychotherapy as well as the fundamental resistance to leading a fulfilling life. The ultimate resistance to change, in both cases, originates in the anticipatory fear of arousing existential angst. To varying degrees, most individuals retreat from life and adopt defense mechanisms in an attempt to avoid reawakening suppressed feelings of terror and …
The ?voice
The bipolar causality of regression
The psychodynamics of fantasy, addiction, and addictive attachments
Individual defenses against death anxiety
Early deprivation experiences, trauma, separation anxiety, and the corresponding development of psychological defenses set the stage fm an individual's method of coping with death anxiety. Thereafter, people accommodate to the fear of death to varying degrees, through the withdrawal of energy and emotional investment in life-affirming activities and close, personal relationships. The author proposes that death anxiety is related to the degree of …
Voices in Suicide
Findings from empirical studies demonstrating significant relationships between parental introjects or ''voices'' and self - destructive behavior are presented In this article. The ''voice'' is defined as a systematized, integrated pattern of negative thoughts, accompanied by angry affect, that is the basis of an individual's maladaptive behavior. The studies applied the theoretical construct of the voice to the development of the Firestone Asses…
A controlled clinical trial of vitamin E supplementation in patients with congestive heart failure
Supplementation with vitamin E did not result in any significant improvements in prognostic or functional indexes of heart failure or in the quality of life of patients with advanced heart failure.
The Ultimate Resistance
Although resistance takes many forms, this article elucidates the primary source of resistance in psychotherapy as well as the fundamental resistance to leading a fulfilling life. The ultimate resistance to change, in both cases, originates in the anticipatory fear of arousing existential angst. To varying degrees, most individuals retreat from life and adopt defense mechanisms in an attempt to avoid reawakening suppressed feelings of terror and …
Separation Theory
In this interview, clinical psychologist Robert Firestone responds to questions from terror management theorist and researcher Sheldon Solomon regarding the basic concepts in separation theory, an approach that integrates psychoanalytic and existential systems of thought. The topics under discussion include an explanation of the core conflict in life, a description of the fantasy bond, the critical inner voice, Voice Therapy, a cognitive/affectiv…
Basic Tenets of Separation Theory
This article outlines the basic tenets of separation theory, including the fantasy bond and the voice process. The fantasy bond is a unifying concept explaining how human beings seek security in fantasies of fusion in an attempt to heal the fracture related to interpersonal trauma compounded by death anxiety. Painful elements in parent–child interactions are incorporated in the form of a negative thought process or “voice,” creating a division in…
The Enemy Within
This article describes a dramatic and powerful division within the mind that exists, to varying degrees, in all people. Acknowledging this split, between self and antiself, is not only crucial to understanding human behavior in general; it is also fundamental to comprehending psychopathology. Early in life, children incorporate hurtful, rejecting, and hostile attitudes that were consciously or unconsciously directed toward them by their parents a…
Psychology (9 works) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (5 works) · Psychoanalysis (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Psychotherapist (4 works) · Fantasy (3 works) · Feeling (3 works) · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health (3 works) · Psychiatry (3 works)