Theoretical issues --;Greed, self-starvation, and the quest for safety --;Idealization, devaluation, and the narcissistic stance --;Vulnerability, union, and the return of the bad object --;Love, hate, and the dread of impending annihilation --;Loss and primitive methods of relating : difficulties in the analytic encounter --;Maintenance of hope : the working-through process --;Theoretical issues --;Working with the concrete thinking of narcissism --;Transference and countertransference --;Grievance and the paranoid-schizoid experience.