Ego psychology and the problem of adaptation ego psychology and the problem of adaptation the publication of a complete english translation of heinz hartmanns essay ego psychology and the problem of adaptation inaugurates the monograph series of the journal of the american psychoanalytic association. Apparently the publication of the book today in an english translation is motivated by the desire to make available the first formal consideration of ego psychology in the psychoanalytic field and the beginnings of a new direction in psychoanalysis however hartmanns publications in the subsequent twenty years along with those of his colleagues have amplified and advanced the field of ego . Ego psychology and the problem of adaptation this work by heinz hartmann some one hundred pages long was presented to the vienna psychoanalytic society in 1937 then published in book form in 1939 david rapaport s english translation appeared in 1958. Ego psychology and the problem of adaptation by hartmann heinz 1894 1970 publication date 1958 topics psychoanalysis ego psychology publisher new york international universities press collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks china digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english ich psychologie und anpassungsproblem was first