The Unanswered Self by Candace Orcutt
James F. Masterson pioneered an innovative clinical approach to the dynamic psychotherapy of personality disorder, based on a steadily evolving synthesis of his own theory and interchange with other leaders in the field. Together with these originating minds, he established greater appreciation of mother-child attachment for shaping the personality - the basis for the effectiveness of a parallel therapeutic relationship in later healing of early relational failure. Masterson holds that borderline, narcissistic, and schizoid conditions begin when growth of outer relationship and inner object relatedness is inhibited at focal stages of the beginning development of the self. A therapeutic relationship addressed to the specific developmental needs of a troubled personality, he believes, frees the natural progress of the self toward fulfilment. This review of Masterson's legacy cites his later integration of neurobiology as well as attachment theory, and considers inclusion of such post-Masterson concepts as self-state theory. Clinical examples are offered throughout to illustrate this dynamic approach to a therapeutic challenge now at the forefront of today's caseloads.
Candace Orcutt, MA, PhD, holds a doctorate in Clinical Social Work, and is a certified psychoanalyst and widely published author. She teaches at the New Jersey Institute for training in Psychoanalysis. For twenty years she worked as an associate of James F. Masterson.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781913494322 |
| ISBN 10 | 1913494322 |
| Title | The Unanswered Self |
| Author | Candace Orcutt |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Karnac Books |
| Year published | 2021-09-16 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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