Fragile Selves: Working with Narcissistic and Borderline States of Mind
Transforming Isolating Perceptions and Affects in Narcissistic Patients whose Self-Sufficiency Developed as a Protection from Malignant Parenting
Neville Symington’s hopeful view of narcissism is linked to his spirituality. Narcissism is rooted in a turning away from that which should be nurturing. Paranoia, projection and self-destructiveness all stem from a quite reasonable rejection by the infant of the demands of the ‘guilty adult’. His clinical examples show how the therapeutic encounter can convert isolating perceptions and affects into genuinely creative and transformative experiences.
Leave A Comment