[Audio] EP00 Invited Address 12a – The Narcissistic Personality Disorder (Closet): A developmental Self and Object Relations Approach – James Masterson, M.D.

Description:Description:

In this paper, Dr. Masterson gives an understanding of the intrapsychic structure of Narcissistic Personality Disorder and how it finds clinical expression through the disorders of the self triad. Clinical cases are presented to illustrate how the therapeutic intervention of mirroring interpretation of narcissistic vulnerability helps the patient to convert transference acting-out to therapeutic alliance and transference, thereby creating the condition for psychoanalytic psychotherapy.In this paper, Dr. Masterson gives an understanding of the intrapsychic structure of Narcissistic Personality Disorder and how it finds clinical expression through the disorders of the self triad. Clinical cases are presented to illustrate how the therapeutic intervention of mirroring interpretation of narcissistic vulnerability helps the patient to convert transference acting-out to therapeutic alliance and transference, thereby creating the condition for psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Educational Objectives:Educational Objectives:

1. To describe the clinical vicissitudes of the disorders of the self triad.To describe the clinical vicissitudes of the disorders of the self triad.
2. Given a case, use mirroring interpretation of narcissistic vulnerability to help the patient convert transference acting-out to therapeutic alliance and transference. Given a case, use mirroring interpretation of narcissistic vulnerability to help the patient convert transference acting-out to therapeutic alliance and transference. 

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality**Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*