Publications & Intellectual Contributions
An Invitation to Think Alongside
Dr. Vanderheide's written work spans the full range of themes that animate her clinical and intellectual life: the nature of self-experience, the conditions that support growth, the interface between psyche and spirit, the dynamics of relational trauma, altered states of consciousness, and the nonlinear processes through which real change unfolds.
Her wish is that readers approach her work as something to think about and with — slowly, reflectively, and personally, as a collaborator in their own thinking. Not material to be quickly assessed and filed, but an invitation to curiosity, to sitting with questions, and to discovering new ways of understanding the complexity and richness of the human experience.
Themes Explored in Her Work
The questions that consistently animate Dr. Vanderheide's research and writing include:
Self-experience and the development of the self over time. Optimal conditions for psychological, emotional, and spiritual development. The interface between psyche, relationship, and spirit. Relational trauma and the processes through which it is transformed. Altered states of consciousness and their relationship to healing. Chronic loneliness and the conditions that support belonging. Chaos theory and nonlinear dynamic systems as frameworks for understanding psychological change. Intersubjectivity and field theory. Comparative psychotherapy orientations. Mythology, symbol, and meaning-making. Trust, safety, and the conditions that make genuine risk-taking possible. Attachment theory and its clinical implications. The relationship between entrainment, mirroring, and transformation.
Watch: Dr. Vanderheide in Conversation
In this interview, Dr. Vanderheide discusses the central ideas of her book — the relationship between psychology and spirituality, the myths that keep them artificially separated, and what becomes possible when both are brought to bear on the work of healing. It is the clearest window into her thinking available in a single sitting.
Publications
VanDerHeide, N. (2012). The Art of Regulation: Therapeutic Action in the Shared Implicit Relationship. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 7, 29–44.
VanDerHeide, N. (2012). Can You Hear Me Now? Twinship Failure and Chronic Loneliness. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 7, 369–393.
VanDerHeide, N. (2011). Reflections on Mirroring. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, 6, 46–49.
VanDerHeide, N. (2009). One Case, Four Theories, Finding Matthew. In N. VanDerHeide and W.J. Coburn (Eds.), Self and Systems: Explorations in Contemporary Self Psychology. New York Academy of Sciences, New York.
VanDerHeide, N. (2009). Mirroring Revisited: A Relational, Non-linear Dynamic Systems View of Mirroring and its Role in the Attachment Process. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (Fall 2009).
VanDerHeide, N. (2009). Commentary on Livingston's 'Dreams, The Forward Edge, and the Intersubjective Context.' International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology (Summer 2009).
VanDerHeide, N. (2008). Review of Awakening the Dreamer. International Journal of Psychodynamic Self Psychology, Vol. 3, No. 4.
VanDerHeide, N. (2007). Authenticity and Psychoanalytic Technique: A Reconsideration. International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology, Vol. 2, No. 3.
VanDerHeide, N. (2007). Forms and Transformations of Narcissism, Panel Review of Carlo Strenger and Frank Lachmann. Self Psychology News, Vol. 1, No. 5.
VanDerHeide, N. (2005). Interview with Howard Bacal. Self Psychology News, Vol. 1, No. 3.
VanDerHeide, N. (2004). Sexualization in an Analytic Case. In W. Coburn (Ed.), Progress in Self Psychology. Analytic Press, New Jersey/London.
VanDerHeide, N. (2004). Enmeshment, Enactments, and Engagement: Reply to Discussion. In W. Coburn (Ed.), Progress in Self Psychology. Analytic Press, New Jersey/London.
Alexander, R. and VanDerHeide, N. (2002). Rage and Aggression in Couples Therapy. In M. Solomon (Ed.), Countertransference in Couples Therapy.
VanDerHeide, N. and Alexander, R. (1997). Treating Shame in Adolescents. In Marks and Incorvaia (Eds.), The Handbook of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy: New Directions in the Integration of Therapeutic Approaches.
