Hatred, Emptiness, and Hope by Otto F Kernberg Md

Hatred, Emptiness, and Hope by Otto F Kernberg Md

This book offers an updated vision of psychoanalytic object relations theory, revealing its application to transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP), a treatment approach derived from, and related to, psychoanalysis.

The book is intended to describe contemporary psychoanalytic object relations theory as a general theoretical frame of treatment allowing us to conceptualize both normal personality functioning and the very nature of personality disordersIt meets these objectives by assembling the author's extensive research and experience in object relations. The book makes a strong case for the use of object relations to understand personality structure and therapeutically treat individuals with personality disorders, where other methods of psychoanalysis may be limited.

The book is directed toward practicing clinicians, especially those working with individuals with personality disorders. The material is very detailed and will be best understood by those with some foundational understanding of object relations theory, which the book expands upon. The author, Dr. Kernberg, is a prominent figure in the field of psychoanalytic object relations.

This book provides an in-depth look at object relations in psychoanalytic theory from an expert in the field. The author builds upon his previous work by discussing research, exploring the neurobiological basis to support psychoanalytic object relations, and providing compelling evidence regarding the usefulness of this framework while working with individuals with severe personality disorders. The book requires some foundational understanding of object relations theory, but provides great depth and new insights on the subject and its application beyond the traditional psychotherapy setting.

-- Matthew Koster, DO, MBA * Doody *

Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., is Director of the Personality Disorders Institute at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division, a Professor of Psychiatry at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York.

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ISBN 13	9781615374618
ISBN 10	1615374612
Title	Hatred, Emptiness, and Hope
Author	Otto F Kernberg Md
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Year published	2022-10-08
Number of pages	276
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