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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>James F. Masterson pioneered an innovative clinical approach to the dynamic psychotherapy of personality disorder. Masterson held that borderline, narcissistic, and schizoid conditions begin when growth of outer relationship and inner object relatedness is inhibited at focal stages of the development of the self. A therapeutic relationship addressed to the specific developmental needs of a troubled personality, he believed, frees the natural progress of the self toward fulfilment. This review of Masterson's legacy cites his later integration of neurobiology as well as attachment theory and considers inclusion of such post-Masterson concepts as self-state theory. Clinical examples are offered throughout to illustrate this dynamic approach to a therapeutic challenge now at the forefront of today's caseloads.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"In<br>this unique blend of academic scholarship and clinical wisdom, Candace Orcutt<br>compellingly describes the pioneering and seminal work of James Masterson on a<br>spectrum of personality disorders. As the highly informative text and rich case<br>material demonstrate, his writings were clearly ahead of their time, and thus<br>his psychotherapeutic contributions are perhaps even more relevant today."<br>- <b>Dr Allan Schore</b>, University of California at Los Angeles and<br>author of <i>Right Brain Psychotherapy</i>. <p/><br>"In this remarkable book Dr. Orcutt has created<br>a masterful synthesis of the past fifty years of the clinical field, especially<br>relevant to the treatment of personality and major dissociative disorders. The<br>last chapters on dissociated parts and unacknowledged trauma are brilliant." <p/>- <b>Daniel P. Brown</b>, Ph.D., Harvard<br>Medical School and senior author of <i>Attachment Disturbances in Adults</i>. <p/><br>"Dr. Orcutt's brilliant, creative mind is more<br>than evident in her new book, The Unanswered Self. Her profound level of<br>understanding of the works of Freud, Masterson, Winnicott and other<br>psychodynamic and developmental theorists, and her deep knowledge of the impact<br>of trauma on the developing self, stand at the heart of this book. A synthesis<br>of these varied approaches culminates in original answers to some very old, and<br>very deep, clinical and theoretical questions." - <b>Judith Pearson</b>, <br>Ph.D., Director, The International Masterson Institute.</p> <p/> </p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Candace Orcutt, MA, PhD, holds a doctorate in Clinical Social Work, and is a certified psychoanalyst and widely published author. She teaches at the New Jersey Institute for training in Psychoanalysis. For twenty years she worked as an associate of James F. Masterson.

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