Transference focused psychotherapy tfp is a highly structured, twiceweekly modified psychodynamic treatment based on otto f. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Aggressivity, narcissism, and selfdestructiveness in the. Narcissism and the narcissistic personality disorder. Pathological narcissism in childhood james egan, paulina. Assessment of personality according to otto kernbergs conception article pdf available in current issues in personality psychology 3 2. It views the individual with borderline personality organization bpo as holding unreconciled and contradictory internalized representations of self and significant others that are affectively charged. In this chapter, we make an effort to formulate an integrated psychoanalytic view of the etiology, structural. Kernbergs single and singular foray into social theory, is a masterpiece of freudian analysis of mass psychology. Kernbergs most popular book is the anatomy of evil. Combined group and individual treatment by the same therapist is recommended for borderline and narcissistic patients. Object relations theory and clinical psychoanalysis is a collection of kernbergs papers published or presented during the period from 1966 to 1975, with some new material included as well.
Kernbergs most popular book is borderline conditions and pathological narcissism. I am referring to the theories of kernberg 1967, 1984, 1985a and adler 1985. Some findings support kernbergs view that narcissistic personality disorder is rooted in. Case material is presented to show that certain interpretations commonly made in psychotherapy are actually accusations.
Kernberg is a synthesizing, creative eclectic on the. Kernberg, 2006 has described in detail the etiology, psychopathology, empirical research and clinical assessment of the syndrome of identity diffusion. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Having more than 36 years of diverse experiences, especially in pain management, diagnostic radiology, dr. For kernberg, the two lines of selflove and object love are interdependent.
Both kohut and kernberg regarded each others approaches as counterproductive. In this important book, one of the worlds foremost psychoanalysts provides the clinician with tools to diagnose and treat severe cases of personality disorder, including borderline and narcissistic structures. The main strategy in the transference focused psychotherapy tfp of borderline personality organization consists in. It is the predicament of the neurotic that he translates everything into the terms of infantile sexuality. Severe personality disorders 1984 edition open library.
Kernberg s most popular book is the anatomy of evil. The origins of narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder. Borderline conditions and pathological narcissism otto f. From kohuts point of view, the methodical interpretive approach recommended by kernberg is interpreted by the narcissistically vulnerable patient as an assault and generates intense narcissistic rage. Reexamines freuds concept of perversion, discusses narcissism.
Kernberg has written 24 works search for other authors with the same name. Weill medical college and graduate school of medical sciences of cornell university. An ego psychology and object relations approach to the narcissistic personality. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. In my obsessive online research to understand the subtle differences between bpd and hpd i came across a reference to kernbergs borderline personality organization which then sent me off on a. Structured interview of personality organization stipo. Kernberg is the author of borderline conditions and pathological narcissism 4. Thus, even in the presence of major axis i comorbidity, bpd should often be a primary target for treatment.
In addition, his work has been central in integrating postwar ego psychology which was. Handbook of dynamic psychotherapy for higher level. This book provides an approach to understanding and treating higher level personality pathology. Kernberg, 1984, yale university press edition, in english. Kernberg saw this pattern of grandiosity as a defense against the projected oral rage. While these papers cover a diverse array of psychoanalytic topics, the book s title aptly conveys their unifying theme. Grunbaum 1984 has argued that the validation of psychoanalytic theories. Martin kernberg, md, is a pain management specialist in crescent city, california. Transferencefocused psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder. Objectrelations theory and clinical psychoanalysis book. This impressive book from 1998 might better be titled the mass psychology of authoritarianism. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Kernbergs object relations model of borderline personality disorder. Kernbergs and kohuts theories of narcissistic personality disorders are compared below table 1.
Severe personality disorders yale university press. Mature defences as articulated by kernberg, 1984, vaillant, 1994, and a. Psychodynamic psychotherapy of borderline patients by otto f. Object relations theory and clinical psychoanalysis. Assessment of personality according to otto kernberg s conception article pdf available in current issues in personality psychology 3 2. According to kernberg, the failure to attain libidinal object constancy, with the concomitant difficulty in integrating positive and negative introjects, is the core problem of borderline patients. Otto kernberg, md is the director of the personality disorder institute at the new york presbyterian hospital, westchester division, and professor of psychiatry at the joan and sandford i. Kernberg explores the role of aggression in severe personality disorders and in normal and perverse sexuality. Martin kernberg is a pain management specialist in crescent city, california. Kernberg has 46 books on goodreads with 11034 ratings. Kernberg has demonstrated that the borderline conditions can be characterized and differentiated from neurotic and psychotic conditions according to several wellaccepted characteristic aspects. Object relations theories and the developmental tilt. An exploratory study of the relationships between narcissism, selfesteem and instagram use.
Characteristics of patients with multiple personality and dissociative disorders on psychological testing, journal of nervous and mental diseases, 1787, 448454. Martin kernberg affiliates with many hospitals including sutter coast hospital. Only aspd might claim to have a comparably negative effect on the prognosis for axis i disorders gunderson, 1984. In this book a leading psychoanalytic clinician and theoretician presents his thoughts. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. A psychodynamic guide for essential treatment planning. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Treating self and borderline conditions and pathological narcissism the master work series. Kernberg has demonstrated that the borderline conditions can be characterized and differentiated from neurotic and psychotic conditions according to several wellaccepted characteristic aspects of ego stucturalization discussed below. He is also training and supervising analyst of the columbia university center for psychoanalytic training and research and. He attended and graduated from stanford university school of medicine in 1984, having over 36 years of diverse experience, especially in pain management. I have a great deal of respect for kernberg, but reading this book in 20 is like a trip back in time to the 1980s when so many people were still using structuralist theories with. Merged citations this cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar.
Limitations of axis ii in diagnosing personality pathology in clinical practice. Modified psychoanalytic therapy that systematically focuses on aggressive drive derivatives and differentiates libidinal from aggressive components of self and object representations, and pregenital from genital condensed instinctual aims, is outlined. A summary comparison of the theories of kernberg and kohut kernberg kohut a. Kernberg, otto f department of psychiatry, weill college of medicine, cornell university, new york, ny, us. Applebaum and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Dusseldorf by lothar kaster, andreas kaster and ivo. It describes a specific form of treatment called dynamic psychotherapy for higher level personality pathology dphp, which was designed specifically to treat the rigidity that characterizes that condition. Informed by contemporary object relations theory, kernberg 1984. Psychotherapy volume 21fall 1984 number 3pp 353364.