Newsfeed > Joseph Natterson, MD, PhD, presents "The Loving Self" at NCP Saturday, May 12
We are proud to announce the upcoming release of Joseph Natterson's book, The Loving Self, in June 2018 by International Psychoanalytic Books.
On Saturday, May 12, Dr. Natterson presents "The Loving Self Revisited" at NCP (3 CE/CME Credits).
The Loving Self is the optimal condition of self for our post-modern era. The potential for this optimal state exists in most of our patients on the basis of early, deep parental love. However, this rudimentary loving self later becomes inhibited due to neurotic parental impositions. The mutually loving therapeutic process leads to actualization of the loving self. The concept of the loving self was first offered by Dr. Natterson over 15 years ago and has subsequently been presented to numerous professional and student groups. Over the ensuing years the depth and range of pertinence of the loving self has steadily increased. Clinical illustrations are cited. Related themes in the 20th century by notables such as Winnicott, Kohut, Loewald and Bion are discussed, as well as more recent related work by Axel Honneth, Daniel and Donnel Stern, and the Boston Group (BCPSG). Presentness, compatibility of contradiction, and deep intuition are features of the loving self are discussed.