Treating narcissistic pathology

Live with Dr Otto Kernberg, offering case illustrations.

With Dr Otto Kernberg, Dr Diana Diamond, Dr Frank Yeomans & Aner Govrin (Facilitator)

This special training brings together three of the field's most distinguished contributors: Otto Kernberg, Frank Yeomans, and Diana Diamond. The programme will open with a review of levels of narcissistic pathology and an understanding of that pathology based on contemporary object relations theory.

The second part of the programme will summarise transference-focused psychotherapy, an evidence-based psychoanalytic psychotherapy for personality disorders, and illustrate how the technique is applied in the therapy of patients with narcissistic personality disorder. Diana Diamond will contribute her expertise on attachment, personality functioning, and the therapeutic process, while Frank Yeomans will then guide participants through the clinical tasks and technical considerations involved in establishing effective treatment with complex patients.

In the third segment, Dr Otto Kernberg will discuss a clinical case, offering participants a unique opportunity to observe the diagnostic and conceptual thinking that has shaped contemporary approaches to personality disorders and psychotherapy. 

Participants will examine contemporary approaches to understanding personality pathology and personality organisation, while gaining practical skills in conducting comprehensive evaluations, discussing diagnosis with patients, managing risk, and formulating treatment goals. Particular attention will be given to the relationship between assessment and intervention, and how early therapeutic exchanges can shape the trajectory of treatment.

Through clinical illustrations, case material, and discussion, participants will explore how clinicians can establish a framework that supports reflection, emotional regulation, therapeutic engagement, and psychological growth. The programme will also consider the ways in which difficult dynamics emerge early in treatment and how these can be addressed productively to strengthen the therapeutic process.

While relevant to clinicians from a range of therapeutic backgrounds, the training will focus on demonstrating how these principles are integrated and applied within Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP), one of the leading evidence-based treatments for personality disorders.

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