Narcissistic and Borderline Disorders
The narcissist has three levels of functioning.
Effective surface adaptation with success due to underlying talent or...
Disorders of the Self
Kohut believes certain portions of the mind are not available to conscious thought, which holds psychic phenomena such as wishes, memories, fantasies...
Benign Aggression
Narcissism is a state and experience in which the person, their body, needs, feelings, and thoughts only pertain to them and are...
Love Relations – Part 2
The integration of sexual excitement and erotic desires occurs before the subject has the capacity to integrate object relations. The child splits...
Foundation of the Self
To understand what is happening in the world today, one must try and get into the objective concrete. The narcissist's rigid mind...
The Scapegoat Complex
Originally the scapegoat was a human/animal victim chosen for sacrifice to the underworld to appropriate God`s anger and to heal the community...
Character Analysis
Very few clients can accurately analyse at the onset of therapy, as the threat of ego fragmentation makes analysis hard. The neurotic...
On the Border
The structure of the borderline is split, with one part unconscious and one part conscious. Induced guilt and bodily tension and breathing...
Empath and Recovery
Reduce the need to please
Two motivations primarily based on fear
Fear of being...
Personality Adaptations
Enthusiastic overreactor (Histrionic)
The histrionic personality adaptation has primary Adult contamination by...