James F. Masterson

Loray Daws is a registered clinical psychologist in South Africa and British Columbia, Canada. He is currently in private practice and serves both as a senior faculty member at the International Masterson Institute and as a board member at the Object Relations Institute in New York. Loray specializes in psychoanalysis and daseinsanalysis, and he is the editor of five books on psychoanalysis and existential analysis.

'This is a splendid primer on the legendary work of James Masterson. In this scholarly yet accessible introduction, Loray Daws shows the chronology of his mentor’s novel contributions to understanding borderline, narcissistic, and schizoid phenomena; and is able to distill with supple elegance the complex developmental and clinical theories Masterson contributed to articulating and treating disorders of the self. An essential read for those working with character pathology. 'Professor Jon Mills, Department of Psychosocial & Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, and author of Psyche, Culture, World: Excursions in Existentialism and Psychoanalytic Philosophy (Routledge, 2022)'James Masterson, MD., created foundational concepts in understanding and treating personality disorders. In authoring this book, Loray Daws, a preeminent practitioner of the Masterson approach, provides essentials. Masterson will stand in history as one of psychotherapy's luminous voices. His work guides my practice.'Jeffrey K Zeig, Ph.D, The Milton H. Erickson Foundation; Architect of the Evolution of Psychotherapy Conferences 'Dr. Daws offer’s far more than an introductory primer, this book is a passionate detailed and remarkable rendering of the breadth and scope of James Masterson’s significant psychoanalytic theoretical/clinically contributions (along with Masterson’s associates) coupled with the author’s compelling story of a clinician’s journey to find the deepest understanding of the human experience. Dr. Daws fluidly manages the diverse notions of psychoanalytic developmental/object relations theory with an eye toward blending theory, with true-to-life clinical examples, displaying that rare combination of astute technical acumen while sustaining approachable humanistic observations of the very nature of psychoanalytic treatment.'Jack Schwartz, PsyD, NCPsyA, training analyst/faculty NJI and ORI, writer and lecturer

• Foreword 1. The Developmental Self and Object Relations Approach of James F. Masterson, MD 2. Growing Up, Away, Toward, or Against - Masterson's Mahler 3. Key Concepts in the Developmental Self and Object Relations Approach of James Masterson 4. On Psychological Beginnings: Candace Orcutt's Mastersonian Approach to the Symbiotic Experience 5. Is There Anybody Out There? 6. The Tyranny of Fusion and Omnipotence - The Narcissistic Dilemma 7. Separation Sensitivity and the Borderline Dilemma 8. Conclusion and the Future of the Masterson Approach