An overview of the treatment of severe narcissistic pathology

This paper provides an overview of narcissistic personality disorders as they present clinically along a spectrum of severity ranging from the best functioning forms of pathological narcissism to the most threatening to the patient's psychosocial and physical survival. It proposes a general int...

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Published in:	International journal of psychoanalysis Vol. 95; no. 5; p. 865
Main Author:	Kernberg, Otto F
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-10-2014
Subjects:	Countertransference (Psychology) Humans Narcissism Personality Disorders - psychology Personality Disorders - therapy Psychoanalytic Therapy masochism countertransference narcissism psychic structures identity
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Summary:	This paper provides an overview of narcissistic personality disorders as they present clinically along a spectrum of severity ranging from the best functioning forms of pathological narcissism to the most threatening to the patient's psychosocial and physical survival. It proposes a general interpretive psychoanalytic stance with all these clinical syndromes that range from standard psychoanalysis to a specific psychoanalytical psychotherapy for the most repressive and life threatening conditions that may not respond to standard psychoanalysis proper. This general psychoanalytic approach is placed into the context of related developments in contemporary psychoanalytic understanding of pathological narcissism and its treatment.
ISSN:	1745-8315
DOI:	10.1111/1745-8315.12204