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Throughout the 50-year history of self-psychology, the concept of the nuclear self has been disputed. Intersubjectivity holds that, due to phenomenological circumstances, the self can never be static in a relationship but is always dynamic in the milieu. While the emphasis on dynamic interactions is welcomed, the abandonment of the nuclear self in its entirety forgoes Kohut’s emphasis on authenticity and misses the dynamic mechanics between the authentic self-organization and the ever-shifting selfobject milieu the self-structure adapts to. As an attempt to bridge the two concepts closer together, this paper uses the ecological systems model developed Urie Bronfenbrenner, ecological psychology developed by JJ Gibson, and pairing them with intersubjective systems theory to delineate specific operations and sectors of the intersubjective field that surrounds the nuclear self. This resulted in the emergence of two core concepts: the entangled self and the authentic self. These concepts use systemic thinking to extend the nuclear self-concept, the trailing edge, and the leading edge beyond the dyad, and clinical work is extended beyond empathy to empowerment strategies.