CHAPTER 10 Narcissistic Defenses in the Distortion of Free Association and Their Underlying Anxieties In this chapter, I examine distortions in the characteristics of free associations of patients…
CHAPTER 9 An Overview of the Treatment of Severe Narcissistic Pathology This chapter is an overview of the pathology of severe narcissistic personality disorders, the common features of…
CHAPTER 8 A New Formulation of Supportive Psychodynamic Psychotherapy What follows is an effort to make use of the new knowledge and experiences that we have acquired at…
CHAPTER 7 New Developments in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy What follows is a capsule description of the basic aspects of transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) and new developments of this therapeutic approach…
CHAPTER 6 The Spectrum of Psychoanalytic Techniques In Chapter 4 of this book, “The Basic Components of Psychoanalytic Technique and Derivative Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies,” I defined four basic aspects…
CHAPTER 1 What Is Personality? The concept of personality, in my view (Kernberg and Caligor 2005; Posner et al. 2003), refers to the dynamic integration of the totality…
Chapter 4 TRUST, MENTORING, AND INNOVATION Scenario Lindy Isla sat on a barstool, leaning over the granite countertop in the kitchen of her condo. She was already dressed in her…
Chapter 10 THE JOY AND MEANING OF MEDICINE Scenario “It’s amazing—I think I’m busier now that I’m retired than I was when I was working at the hospital. Look at…
Chapter 9 MEDICAL MARRIAGES: CARING FOR EACH OTHER Scenario “Please come in, Dr. and Dr. Galvin. Please take the chairs over near the fireplace so we can all be comfortable…
Chapter 8 COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND DEFINING MEANING IN MEDICINE Scenario Christina Alfonso looked across the candlelit dinner table at her childhood sweetheart and husband, Roberto, as he gesticulated animatedly to…
