How to Love a Narcissist
How to Love a Narcissist
Original Lecture Date: September 16, 2017
Recording Length: 2 hours
The narcissist, characterized by the archetypal concepts of Puella/Puer signifies immaturity, lack of intimacy or genuineness. Wanting to be most special keeps this person out of touch with mater/materia as psyche and soma are dissociated. They feel empty at the core, without connection to natural instincts and emotionally deprived. So, why do we love them so much? Or, try to love them? Or, get caught in their desire for more as nothing is ever enough? How are we narcissistic personally and culturally and where is this healthy or not? These and other questions are part of the complexity of narcissism
Susan E. Schwartz, Ph.D. was trained at the Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland, and has a degree in Clinical Psychology. She is a member of the New Mexico Society of Jungian Analysts and gives lectures and workshops worldwide. She has a chapter in Perpetual Adolescence: Jungian Analyses of American Media, Literature and Pop Culture, and several articles on Sylvia Plath in the online journals Plath Profiles and Depth Insights. Her private practice in Jungian Analytical Psychology is in Paradise Valley, AZ.