Theories of the treatment of narcissistic personalities.

IN RECENT YEARS there have been a number of approaches to the problem of narcissism, theoretically and clinically. Two of them have so far been presented today. Assuming that neither has a corner on the market of truth, their agreements and sharp disagreements are healthy signs. Clearly, I cannot even begin to do justice to the work which underlies the presentations, to either the rich and detailed clinical observations or the attempts at systematic explanations. All I can do in a preliminary way is express admiration for the former and reservations about the latter. Systematic explanations can shadow as well as illuminate. For this reason , I hope to tease out, not systems, but some specific ideas-12 arbitrarily chosen issues that relate to diagnosis, basic conceptions, and therapeutic techniques in the psychoanalysis of so-called narcissistic personalities. These ideas on issues derive from a consideration of the two previous presentations in terms of: their agree men [This is a summary or excerpt from the full text of the book or article. The full text of the document is available to subscribers.} Welcome to PEP Web! Viewing the full text of this document requires a subscription to PEP Web. If you are coming in from a university from a registered IP address or secure referral page you should not need to log in. Contact your university librarian in the event of problems. If you have a personal subscription on your own account or through a Society or Institute please put your username and password in the box below. Any difficulties should be reported to your group administrator. Can't remember your username andlor password? If you have forgotten your username and/or password please click here and log in to the PaDS database. Once there you need to fill in your email address (this must be the email address that PEP has on record for you) and click "Send." Your username and password will be sent to this email address within a few minutes. If this does not work for you please contact your group organizer. Athens user? Login here. Not already a subscriber? Order a subscription today. WARNINGI This text is printed for the personal use of the subscriber to PEP Web and is copyright to the Journal in which it originally appeared. It is illegal to copy, distribute or circulate it in any form whatsoever.