Otto Kernberg
Austro-American psychoanalyst. Pioneer in psychoanalytic treatment of severe personality disorders, especially borderline and narcissistic.
Books
- Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism (1975)
Kernberg presents his model of borderline personality organization and the psychoanalytic understanding of pathological narcissism.
- Severe Personality Disorders (1984)
Kernberg presents therapeutic strategies for the psychoanalytic treatment of severe personality disorders, including transference-focused psychotherapy.