Borderline and Narcissistic Conditions

Integrated Child & Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (ICAPP)
2021-22, 3rd Block — Mondays, 6:30-7:45pm
Scot Gibson, MD
Kelly Lippman, LMHC

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February 14, 2022 — Narcissism into Borderline

[58 pages]

Kernberg, O. (1967). Borderline Personality Organization. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 15:641-685.

Kernberg was one of the most prominent early theorizers of borderline personality, and has led a group that has created Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, an empirically-validated manualized, psychoanalytic psychotherapy for borderline (and other) personality disorders. This is one of his early review articles on the topic.

Kernberg, O. (1974). Contrasting Viewpoints Regarding the Nature and Psychoanalytic Treatment of Narcissistic Personalities: A Preliminary Communication. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., (22):255-267.

This article provides a summary of how Kernberg’s position on narcissism differs from Kohut’s, and also provides a bridge between our focus on narcissistic and borderline personalities.