Narcissism and Its Transformation in Psychotherapy
The emerging literature about “narcissistic personality disorders” presents interesting challenges to analytical psychology because the individuals seem to live out raw archetypal energies in order to feel alive and to avoid collapsing into the void of their own interiority. Jungian analyst Donald Kalsched leads a workshop which explores these themes and examines their relevance for contemporary collective life.
Donald Kalsched, PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and
Jungian Psychoanalyst in private practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He
is a senior training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian
Analysts where he teaches and supervises. His 1996 book The Inner World of Trauma: Archetypal Defenses of the Personal Spirit
has found a wide readership in both psychoanalytic and Jungian circles
and has been translated into many languages. Dr. Kalsched teaches and
lectures nationally and internationally, pursuing his inter-disciplinary
interest in early trauma and dissociation theory and its mytho-poetic
manifestations in the mythic and religious iconography of many cultures.
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