PSYC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Otto F. Kernberg, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
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Can only feel one emotion at once. Need to be the center of attention. Believes it stems from childhood problems developing sense of. Recurrent gaps in recall of everyday events/personal info. Psychologists make them think they have more than one personality. Severe deficits in social communication, interaction, social-emotional reciprocity. Inattention hyperactivity impulsivity, difficult to sooth as infants. Psychological intervention to help resolve problem/improve quality of life. Treat psychological disorders as well as helps individual gain insight into themselves. Individuals with no professional training who provide services. Transference (projecting intense unrealistic feelings from past onto therapist) Causes of behaviors stem from traumatic childhood experiences. Analyze wishes, recurring life theme, therapeutic relationships and distressing thoughts. Past live on in present (reenact past) Integrate opposing aspects into unified sense of self. Goal is to accept responsibility for feelings and maintain contact with the here and now. Emphasis on development of potential importance of therapeutic relationship. Cause people to be more tolerant, think realistically.
