How the Public relations and Communications Committee Works for You
Dear members,
While reflecting on this edition of our members’ newsletter, I was struck by the challenge of applying the theme of intimate love and sexuality to our professional society. As authors began sending in their contributions, I noted that Kernberg’s perspective on mature love involves the development of a capacity for love that includes—but also goes beyond—intimate relationships.
In Chapter 9 of his book Hatred, Emptiness, and Hope, he outlines the key aspects of loving relationships. As I read his description of the characteristics of “being in love,” it became clear that many of these qualities could also describe what unites the members of the ISTFP. This particular passage stood out to me as especially relevant:
One characteristic of being in love is showing interest in the personality of the loved one—an ongoing interest in understanding what one’s partner is feeling, interested in.
Otto Kernberg
At the ISTFP Public Relations and Communications Committee, we’re genuinely interested in our fellow members. We value the opportunity to learn about your interests, efforts, challenges, and accomplishments. In fact, we like to think that the countless hours of voluntary work we dedicate to our community are, in themselves, a true act of love.
Aligned with the ISTFP’s mission to disseminate TFP, our committee has always embraced a deeper purpose: to strengthen the unity of our community and foster collective growth.
Let us share with you the many ways we express our love for the ISTFP community.
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Mathieu Norton-Poulin, M.Ps.
Mathieu Norton-Poulin is a psychologist in private practice in Gatineau, Québec. He graduated from Laval University in 1995 and started his training in transference focused psychotherapy in 2005. Member of the TFP-Québec group he as been practicing as a certified TFP therapist for the last 11 years. Since 2009 he organized several training events and has given lectures on TFP for medical doctors and college students. He maintains a blog where he write, in plain words, articles to explain TFP to the general public.