
Aggressivity, Narcissism, and Self-Destructiveness in the Psychotherapeutic Rela
New Developments in the Psychopathology and Psychotherapy of Severe Personality Disorders
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- English
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Aggressivity, Narcissism, and Self-Destructiveness in the Psychotherapeutic Rela
New Developments in the Psychopathology and Psychotherapy of Severe Personality Disorders
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- Part One. Psychopathology
- Chapter 1. A Psychoanalytic
- Chapter 2. Hatred as a Core Affect of Aggression
- Chapter 3. Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Chapter 4. The Diagnosis of Narcissistic Pathology in Adolescents
- Chapter 5. Perversion, Perversity, and Normality
- Part Two. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
- Chapter 6. Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and Supportive Psychotherapy
- Chapter 7. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Patients with Borderline Personality Organization
- Chapter 8. The Psychodynamics and Psychotherapeutic Management of Psychopathic, Narcissistic, and Paranoid Transferences
- Chapter 9. A Severe Sexual Inhibition in a Patient with Narcissistic Personality Disorder
- Chapter 10. Acute and Chronic Countertransference Reactions
- Chapter 11. Omnipotence in the Transference and in the Countertransference
- Chapter 12. The Risk of Suicide in Severe Personality Disorders: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
- Chapter 13. A Technical Approach to Eating Disorders in Patients with Borderline Personality Organization
- Chapter 14. The Management of Affect Storms in the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Borderline Patients
- References
- Index