Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast Transference Focused Psychotherapy & Personality Disorders with Dr. Otto Kernberg
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Apr 25, 2025 AI Snips
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Kernberg's Early Life and Education
- Dr. Kernberg shared his escape from Nazi-occupied Austria to Chile as a child, experiencing early trauma and loss.
- He described formative influences during his medical and psychoanalytic education in Chile driven by mentors like Ignacio Mateblanco.
Identity Diffusion in Personality Disorders
- Severe personality disorders share identity diffusion and lack of integration of self and others.
- Internalized relationships between self and others guide habitual behavior or character, influencing personality patterns.
Primitive Defenses in Borderline Organization
- Borderline patients show primitive defenses like splitting and projective identification, causing chaotic mood shifts.
- These defenses distort relationships by projecting intolerable feelings onto others and denying integration of opposing impulses.