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Zoom Only: The Demon Lover and the Narcissist: Two Perspectives
October 13 @ 10:00 am - 1:45 pm
Prepaid Cost: $95.00 – $115.00Event Navigation
Presented by Susan Kavaler-Adler, Ph.D., A.B.P.P., D.Litt., NCPsyA
Program: 10 am-12:15 pm – Lunch Break: 12:15-12:45 pm – Program: 12:45-1:45 pm
In this presentation, we will compare and contrast aspects of Closet Narcissism and Grandiose Narcissism, utilizing Woody Allen’s film Blue Jasmine to illustrate the trauma and drama of the Closet Narcissist. Drawing from the work of Marion Woodman (Addiction to Perfection), we will look at the archetype of the Demon Lover from both an object relations as well as a Jungian perspective. The seduction and betrayal of the child, as well as the disowning of the sexual and aggressive parts of the self will be explored, as well as the capacity for developmental mourning vs. developmental arrest. Part 2 will feature a role-play between the presenter and a colleague who will play the part of the closet narcissist, as a means of highlighting the psychodynamics at play in working with patients with these characteristics.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe what is meant by closet narcissism;
- Describe what is meant by grandiose narcissism;
- Describe what is meant by the Demon Lover complex;
- Give an example of how to help patients with closet narcissism integrate disowned and split-off parts of the self.
Susan Kavaler-Adler, Ph.D., ABPP, D.Litt., NCPsyA, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in New York. She is the founder and executive director of the Object Relations Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and a Fellow of the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis. Dr. Kavaler-Adler has published 7 books, and over 70 journal articles and edited book chapters. She has won 16 awards for her writing, including the Gradiva Award in 2004 from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis for her 3rd Routledge book, entitled “Mourning, Spirituality, and Psychic Change: A New Object Relations View of Psychoanalysis” (Routledge 2004). Her latest book is the first of three volumes of her Selected Papers, entitled “Developmental Mourning, Erotoic Transference, and Object Relations Psychoanalysis,” (2022) published by IPBooks. Her website is www.kavaleradler.com.
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