ABSTRACT
As a clinician, actively reading and studying Masterson's work from the late 1950s to his last publication in 2005, one can only remain touched by Masterson's immense clinical understanding, ability to think under clinical pressure, ability to integrate contemporary clinical and theoretical evidence into the Masterson Approach, and above all, his sincere devotion to the psychoanalytic process as guardian of the Real Self. Various clinicians, both from within and from without the various Masterson Institutes and over multiple continents and languages, are integrating and elaborating on Masterson's central ideas. Their work will continue to benefit the treatment and understanding of the disorders of self and strengthen trauma-informed practice.
