Summarizes some main trends in the contemporary literature of character disorders, especially as this relates to the narcissistic and the borderline personality disorders. Integrates these trends with the theories of Berne and TA. Makes specific suggestions for the treatment of such “difficult cases.”
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BerneE.Transactional analysis in psychotherapy. New York: Grove Press, 1961.
2.
BerneE.What do you say after you say hello?New York: Grove Press, 1972.
3.
BowlbyJ.Grief and mourning in infancy. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 1960, 15 (9), 52.
4.
BrodyW.M.On the dynamics of narcissism. Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 1965, 20 (165), 193.
5.
EricksonE.H.Identity, youth and crisis. New York: W.W. Norton, 1968.
6.
ChessickR.Intensive psychotherapy of the borderline patient. New York: Jason Aronson, 1977.
7.
GedoJ.E., & GoldbergA.Models of the mind. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1973.
8.
GiovacchiniP.The psychoanalysis of character disorders. New York: Jason Aronson, 1975.
9.
GiovacchiniP.The treatment of primitive mental states. New York: Jason Aronson, 1975.
10.
HornerA.J.Object relations and the developing ego in therapy. New York: Jason Aronson, 1975.
11.
KohutH.Restoration of the self. New York: Inter-of the Child. New York: International Universities Press, 1971.
12.
KohutH.Restoration of the self. New York: International Universities Press, 1977.
13.
LeBoitJ., & CapponniA.Advances in the psychotherapy of the borderline patient. New York: Jason Aronson, 1979.
14.
MahlerM.The selected works of Margaret Mahler. Vols. I and II. New York: Jason Aronson, 1979.
15.
MastersonJ.F.Psychotherapy of the borderline adult. New York: Brunner/Mazel, 1968.
