Psychoanalytic Thinking with Dr Don Carveth Otto Kernberg: Theory and Practice
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Aug 14, 2022 AI Snips
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Kernberg's Influence
- Otto Kernberg, a New York psychoanalyst, significantly influenced psychiatry and psychology.
- He popularized the borderline diagnosis and integrated ego psychology with object relations theory.
Kernberg's Revision
- Kernberg initially accepted Freud's concept of primary narcissism, but later revised his theory.
- Infant research demonstrated that infants have a more sophisticated mind than previously thought, challenging the notion of primary narcissism.
Confusional States
- Confusional states were initially viewed as regression to primary narcissism.
- The Kleinian perspective interprets these states as a result of projective identification.