A Discussion of Darren Haber’s Paper: Through The Lens of Intersubjective Self Psychology

ABSTRACT

Two principal resources will be used to discuss Darren Haber’s paper Simulated Selfhood, Authentic Dialogue: An Intersubjective Systems Look at Treating Addiction. They are Intersubjective Self Psychology: A Primer and Narcissus in Wonderland: The Self Psychology of Addiction and its Treatment. Both of these resources provide a different and more complete way of understanding this excellent case presentation.

KEYWORDS:

• Intersubjective self psychology
• self psychology
• addiction
• psychoanalysis of addiction
• psychotherapy and addiction

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Harry Paul

Harry Paul, Ph.D., is a Training Analyst, Supervisor and Senior Faculty member, at the Training and Research In Intersubjective Self Psychology (TRISP), New York.  He is an elected member of the governing council of IAPSP and practices in New York City and Chappaqua, New York. He is the author of numerous papers on addiction and a book: The Self Psychology of Addiction and its Treatment: Narcissus in Wonderland. His recent book in which he is a Co-Editor and Contributor is  Intersubjective Self Psychology: A Primer.