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

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. Contents 7 Preface 9 Part One. Psychopathology 17 Chapter 1. A Psychoanalytic 17 Chapter 2. Hatred as a Core Affect of Aggression 41 Chapter 3. Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder 59 Chapter 4. The Diagnosis of Narcissistic Pathology in Adolescents 74 Chapter 5. Perversion, Perversity, and Normality 90 Part Two. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy 109 Chapter 6. Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and Supportive Psychotherapy 109 Chapter 7. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Patients with Borderline Personality Organization 134 Chapter 8. The Psychodynamics and Psychotherapeutic Management of Psychopathic, Narcissistic, and Paranoid Transferences 144 Chapter 9. A Severe Sexual Inhibition in a Patient with Narcissistic Personality Disorder 168 Chapter 10. Acute and Chronic Countertransference Reactions 181 Chapter 11. Omnipotence in the Transference and in the Countertransference 198 Chapter 12. The Risk of Suicide in Severe Personality Disorders: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment 206 Chapter 13. A Technical Approach to Eating Disorders in Patients with Borderline Personality Organization 219 Chapter 14. The Management of Affect Storms in the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Borderline Patients 234 References 259 Index 273 "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."-- Provided by publisher