The psychoanalytic diagnosis of personality disorders

ONLINE MASTERCLASS 2023

WITH OTTO KERNBERG

The course provides an overview of the concepts of personality, personality disorders and psychoanalytic object relations theory, resulting in a discussion of the most common personality disorders. A focus on structural interviewing will be offered, then moving on to a discussion of transference-focused psychotherapy and corresponding transference management.

PROGRAM

Saturday, 29th April 2023, h. 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm (Rome time)
Personality and its Disorders

Saturday, 6th May 2023, h. 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm (Rome time)
Psychotherapy with severe personality disorders

Saturday, 13th May 2023, h. 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm (Rome time)
The narcissistic spectrum: normal narcissism and childhood narcissism; narcissistic personality disorder; the antisocial dimension

Saturday, 27th May 2023, h. 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm (Rome time)
The special narcissistic syndromes: vulnerable and grandiose patients; arrogance syndrome; dead mother syndrome; self-mutilation

Saturday, 10th June 2023,h. 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm (Rome time)
Malignant narcissism, group regression, and the political dimension

Saturday, 8th July 2023, h. 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm (Rome time)
Narcissistic love relationships, diagnosis and treatment.

Saturday, 15th July 2023, h. 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm (Rome time)
Psychoanalytic treatment: transference developments, resistance, prognosis.