ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the basic framework of Intersubjective Self Psychology (ISP) and its clinical implications. By means of a review of theory, it highlights the central clinical ideas ISP takes from Self Psychology as well as the core principles of Intersubjectivity Theory. From these fundamental roots the chapter proceeds to show how these ideas are integrated into a comprehensive theory of treatment that transcends both of its constituent theories. In the process it demonstrates how, from the perspective of Intersubjective Self Psychology, working with the leading edge (the selfobject transferences) is as important as working with the trailing edge (the repetitive transferences). Most important, the chapter is the theoretical and clinical foundation for the chapters to follow.
