Aggressivity, narcissism, and self-destructiveness in the psychotherapeutic relationship : new developments in the psychopathology and psychotherapy of severe personality disorders

02 In this book a leading psychoanalytic clinician and theoretician presents his thoughts on the latest psychodynamic developments and insights related to treatment of severe personality disorders. Dividing his discussions into two sections, one on psychopathology and the other on psychotherapy, Dr. Otto F. Kernberg examines borderline personality disorder, narcissism, sexual inhibition, transference and countertransference, suicidal behavior, and eating disorders. In each chapter he integrates the ideas of European and Latin American psychoanalytic thinkers, bringing them to the attention of English-speaking readers. This book includes a selection of recently published journal articles. Their collection into one volume makes readily available Dr. Kernbergs present thinking on an important subject. In this book a leading psychoanalytic clinician and theoretician presents his thoughts on the latest psychodynamic developments and insights related to treatment of severe personality disorders. Dividing his discussions into two sections, one on psychopathology and the other on psychotherapy, Dr. Otto F. Kernberg examines borderline personality disorder, narcissism, sexual inhibition, transference and countertransference, suicidal behavior, and eating disorders. In each chapter he integrates the ideas of European and Latin American psychoanalytic thinkers, bringing them to the attention of English-speaking readers. This book includes a selection of recently published journal articles. Their collection into one volume makes readily available Dr. Kernbergs present thinking on an important subject.

in This Book A Leading Psychoanalytic Clinician And Theoretician Presents His Thoughts On The Latest Psychodynamic Developments And Insights Related To Treatment Of Severe Personality Disorders. Dividing His Discussions Into Two Sections, One On Psychopathology And The Other On Psychotherapy, Dr. Otto F. Kernberg Examines Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissism, Sexual Inhibition, Transference And Countertransference, Suicidal Behavior, And Eating Disorders. In Each Chapter He Integrates The Ideas Of European And Latin American Psychoanalytic Thinkers, Bringing Them To The Attention Of English-speaking Readers. This Book Includes A Selection Of Recently Published Journal Articles. Their Collection Into One Volume Makes Readily Available Dr. Kernberg's Present Thinking On An Important Subject.

author Biography: Otto F. Kernberg, M.d., Is Director Of The Personality Disorders Institute At New York-presbyterian Hospital; Professor Of Psychiatry At Cornell University Medical College; And Training And Supervising Analyst At The Columbia University Center For Psychoanalytic Training And Research. He Is Also The Author Of Contemporary Developments In Psychoanalytic Theory, Technique, And Their Applications; Ideology, Conflict, And Leadership In Groups And Organizations; Aggression In Personality Disorders And Perversions; Love Relations: Normality And Pathology; And Severe Personality Disorders, All Published By Yale Unniversity Press.

Contents 8 Preface 10 Part One. Psychopathology 16 1 A Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality Disorders 18 2 Hatred as a Core Affect of Aggression 42 3 Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Theoretical Background and Diagnostic Classification 60 4 The Diagnosis of Narcissistic Pathology in Adolescents 75 5 Perversion, Perversity, and Normality: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations 91 Part Two. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 108 6 Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and Supportive Psychotherapy: Contemporary Controversies 110 7 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Patients with Borderline Personality Organization: An Overview 135 8 The Psychodynamics and Psychotherapeutic Management of Psychopathic, Narcissistic, and Paranoid Transferences 145 9 A Severe Sexual Inhibition in a Patient with Narcissistic Personality Disorder 169 10 Acute and Chronic Countertransference Reactions 182 11 Omnipotence in the Transference and in the Countertransference 199 12 The Risk of Suicide in Severe Personality Disorders: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment 207 13 A Technical Approach to Eating Disorders in Patients with Borderline Personality Organization 220 14 The Management of Affect Storms in the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Borderline Patients 235 References 260 Index 274

In this book a leading psychoanalytic clinician and theoretician presents his thoughts on the latest psychodynamic developments and insights related to treatment of severe personality disorders. Dividing his discussions into two sections, one on psychopathology and the other on psychotherapy, Dr. Otto F. Kernberg examines borderline personality disorder, narcissism, sexual inhibition, transference and countertransference, suicidal behavior, and eating disorders. In each chapter he integrates the ideas of European and Latin American psychoanalytic thinkers, bringing them to the attention of English-speaking readers.

This book includes a selection of recently published journal articles. Their collection into one volume makes readily available Dr. Kernberg's present thinking on an important subject.