The Personality Disorders Through the Lens of Attachment Theory and the Neurobiologic Development of the Self: A Clinical Integration Perfect Paperback – February 20, 2015

Dr. Masterson's object relations theory and theory on disorders of the self offers answers to the pathology of personality. His in-depth description of the origin of disorders of the self gives the reader an excellent explanation as well as an extraordinary upgrade on integrating the dynamic of individuals facing the challenge of emotional dysregulation, attachment, individuation and interpersonal dysfunction by incorporating neurobiology, developmental and object relations theories. This book is a well-crafted text containing chapters written by faculty trained by him that will help the reader understand the origins of psychological and emotional suffering leading to a pathway of improvement of disorders of the self. A definite collector's book.

Perfection itself. Bound to be a classic. Can't wait until it comes out on Kindle (please editors !) I believe that this book is the culmination of years of work by the team at the Masterson institute. It's a synthesis or object relations, self psychology, attachment theory and neurobiology, perfected, crystallized and rarefied into an absolute gem of a work. Myself and my clients will be heavily indebted to the genius of James Masterson and his co-workers. So clear and precise. I am deeply grateful for these kind of works.

This book unravels exactly what the title sets out to do. It is an investigative discourse into the fundamendal developmental phase of the Mother-child dyad. It gives biological evidence as to the importance of Neural networks being established "through the lens of ATTACHENT THEORY" The work rests a lot on Bowlby's earlier work - but takes the empirical evidence of bonding/or lack thereof and it's neurobiological function in the psychological growth of 'THE SELF'. It offers a very convincing argument to the existence of Neural deficits in various PERSONALITY DISORDERS. Excellent!

Currently reading this book for Maladaptive Master's program. It's an easy read, paperback book, if you're into personality disorders or need to take for class it's the legit book, and not a bootleg.

The book very on point

Chapters One and Six include a very coherent integration of attachment and object relations theory.

Brilliant work.

Before reading this book one must have a very intimate understanding of modern psychological lingo/terminology; without this it will be difficult to understand the discussions. Some of the essays were well written and accessible - but not all. Over-all I would say it was an interesting book for a non-psychologist like myself (I am a retired MD). I believe this was aimed at the research community.

Bon

So good to be able to read & understand the trauma, abuse & neglect that causes personality disorders. Well written - especially the first part of the book.