American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Volume 76
- Number 1
- March 2023
Editorial
Articles
Publication date: 10 November 2022
Pages3–8This article demonstrates the contribution of Otto Kernberg’s object relations theory of personality pathology to the current understanding of the nature and assessment of personality pathology and diagnosis. The article introduces recent advances in ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220016Publication date: 25 January 2023
Pages9–14This article is a tribute to Dr. Otto F. Kernberg and his contribution to the theoretical understanding of personality pathology in adolescence. In his object relations theory of the structure of personality, an integrated identity is considered central ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220023Publication date: 12 October 2022
Pages15–25Objective: Otto F. Kernberg pioneered the description, understanding, and treatment of pathological narcissism. Narcissism has emerged as a clinical construct of considerable interest in clinical psychology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis and has often ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220020Publication date: 02 September 2022
Pages26–30Contemporary models of the diagnosis and classification of personality disorders have diverged from the categorical diagnostic framework of the DSM system. One response to this movement can be found in the Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220027Publication date: 25 January 2023
Pages31–38Objective: The aim of this article was to construct an empirical bridge between object relations theory and attachment theory by investigating how researchers in both traditions have contributed to understanding and assessing identity diffusion (a keystone ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220018Reviews and Overviews
Publication date: 12 October 2022
Pages39–45Objective: Transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) is an empirically supported individualized psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality disorder. This review highlights its development and current status. Methods: A review of the theoretical ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220017Publication date: 10 November 2022
Pages46–50Transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) is an empirically based, manualized psychodynamic psychotherapy that emerged as an adaptation of psychoanalytic techniques to meet the needs of patients with personality pathology. As it became more clearly defined ...
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.20220019Book Review
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