Otto F. Kernberg

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Otto F. Kernberg (2006)

Otto Friedmann Kernberg (born September 10, 1928 in Vienna ) is an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst of Austrian origin.

Life

Otto F. Kernberg is a nephew of the psychiatrist Manfred Sakel . After the annexation of Austria , Kernberg and his family had to leave Austria because of his Jewish origins in 1939 in order to escape the persecution of the Nazi regime, and they emigrated to Chile . From 1947 he studied medicine at the Universidad de Chile and received his doctorate in 1953. From 1954 to 1957 he trained as a specialist in psychiatry . Also in 1954 he began training as a psychoanalyst; In 1960 he was accepted into the Chilean Psychoanalytical Association. In 1959 he visited the United States, where he carried out psychotherapy research with Jerome D. Frank at Johns Hopkins Hospital on a Rockefeller Foundation grant .

In 1961 he emigrated to the USA and, at the invitation of Robert S. Wallerstein, participated in a psychotherapy research project of the Menninger Foundation . He was in charge of a long-term study , the cognitive behavioral therapy , supportive psychotherapy and transmission focused psychotherapy compared with each other. Since 1974 he has been a training analyst and supervisor at the Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research at Columbia University . Kernberg has been Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell University since 1976 ; from 1976 to 1995 he was the chairman and chief physician of Cornell Medical Center at New York Hospital . Also from 1976 he was director of the Institute for Personality Disorders of the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic.

From 1977 to 1993, Kernberg was editor of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. From 1995 to 2001 he presided over the International Psychoanalytic Association . From 1999 to 2008 he was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Lindau Psychotherapy Weeks .

Kernberg has visited numerous countries as a lecturer and has published extensive papers, particularly on narcissism , object relationships and personality disorders. He was particularly active in the discussion as to whether the borderline disorder should be seen as a personality disorder or as a description of personality organization.

Otto F. Kernberg was married to the child psychoanalyst Paulina F. Kernberg (1935-2006), who worked at Cornell Medical Center and the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. You have three children.

Awards

Works (selection)

Books, as an author:

  • Borderline conditions and pathological narcissism. Aronson, New York 1975.
    • Borderline Disorders and Pathological Narcissism. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1978.
  • Object-relations theory and clinical psychoanalysis. Aronson, New York 1979.
    • Object Relations and Practice of Psychoanalysis. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1981.
  • Internal world and external reality. Object relations theory applied. Aronson, New York 1980.
    • Inner world and outer reality. Applications of object relationship theory. Verlag Internationale Psychoanalyse, Munich 1988.
  • Severe personality disorders. Psychotherapeutic strategies. Yale University Press, New Haven 1984.
    • Severe personality disorders. Theory, diagnosis, treatment strategies. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1992.
  • Psychodynamic psychotherapy of borderline patients. Basic Books, New York 1989.
    • Psychodynamic therapy in borderline patients. Huber, Bern 1993.
  • Aggression in personality disorders and perversions. Yale University Press, New Haven 1994.
    • Anger and hatred. On the importance of aggression in personality disorders and sexual perversions. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1997.
  • Love relations. Normality and pathology. Yale University Press, New Haven 1995.
    • Love relationships. Normality and pathology. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1998.
  • Ideology, conflict, and leadership in groups and organizations. Yale University Press, New Haven 1998.
    • Ideology, conflict and leadership. Psychoanalysis of group processes and personality structure. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2000.
  • with John F. Clarkin , Frank E. Yeomans : Psychotherapy for borderline personality. Wiley, New York 1999.
    • Psychotherapy of the borderline personality. Manual for psychodynamic therapy. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2001.
  • Affect, object and transference. Current developments in psychoanalytic theory and technology. Psychosocial, Giessen 2001.
  • with Frank E. Yeomans, John F. Clarkin: A primer of transference-focused psychotherapy for the borderline patient. Aronson, Nortwale 2002.
  • Aggressivity, narcissism, and self-destructiveness in the psychotherapeutic relationship. New developments in the psychopathology and psychotherapy of severe personality disorders. Yale University Press, New Haven 2004.
    • Narcissism, aggression and self-destruction. Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of severe personality disorders. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2006.
  • Contemporary controversies in psychoanalytic theory, techniques, and their applications. Yale University Press, New Haven 2004.
  • with Eve Caligor , John F. Clarkin: Handbook of dynamic psychotherapy for higher level personality pathology. American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington 2007.
    • Transfer-focused psychotherapy for neurotic personality structures. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2010.
  • with Frank E. Yeomans, John F. Clarkin: Transference-focused psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder. A clinical guide. American Psychiatric Publishing, Washington 2015.

Books, as editor:

Films:

  • Otto Kernberg, Helm Stierlin: Psychoanalysis for non-psychoanalysts. Symposium in Heidelberg, 26. – 28. Oct. 2006. Edited by Bernd Ulrich . Auditorium Network, Müllheim-Baden 2007, ISBN 978-3-8017-2267-8 (4 DVD-Video).
  • Peter Zagermann: Introduction to Psychoanalysis. The Kernberg Lecture. Schattauer, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-7945-5175-0 (1 DVD video).

literature

  • Tanja Klautzer: Kernberg, Otto Friedmann. In: Personal Lexicon of Psychotherapy. Springer, Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-211-83818-X , p. 253 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Kernberg, Otto F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kernberg, Otto Friedmann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna