This workshop will introduce the core ideas of Intersubjective Self Psychology (ISP) and will demonstrate how ISP, with its focus on the leading edge, fundamentally transforms clinical practice. The goal of treatment from an ISP perspective is to facilitate the unfolding and engagement of the leading edge, wherein patients feel that their emotional and relational hopes are realized in their relationship with the therapist, resulting in the strengthening and consolidation of their sense of self. The same holds true for the therapist. When the leading edges are engaged, both patient and therapist have a sense of wellbeing, vitality, and joy; they feel able to act on their own behalf and realize who they know themselves to be or yearn to become.
Peter Zimmermann
Peter Zimmermann, PhD, LP, is a Founding Member of TRISP, the Training and Research in Intersubjective Self Psychology Foundation in New York, where he is a Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Faculty, and Training and Supervising Analyst. He is the former President (2016-2021) of the Training Institute of NPAP, the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis in New York, and is a Member of the Board of Directors, Senior Member, Training and Supervising Analyst, and Faculty Member. He is on the Editorial Board of The Psychoanalytic Review. He is co-editor and contributing author of Intersubjective Self Psychology: A Primer (Routledge 2019), and guest editor of and contributing author to the Special Issue of The Psychoanalytic Review on Kohut, Vol 108, Number 2, June 2021. He has been in private practice in New York City since 1982. In addition to working with individuals and couples, he provides private supervision and runs study groups in Intersubjective Self Psychology.
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