A Personal Perspective on the Treatment of Three Cases of Narcissistic Vulnerability

Authors

  • Robert W. Riordan Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14713/pcsp.v8i3.1775

Keywords:

narcissistic personality disturbance, narcissistic personality disorder, narcissism, Kernberg, Kohut, Mitchell's integrated treatment model, case study, clinical case study

Abstract

ABSTRACT

This article is a response to the commentaries of Nancy McWilliams (2012) and Kenneth Levy (2012) concerning my treatment of three patients—Alex, Brian, and Candace—whose presenting difficulties included a narcissistic personality disturbance and who were treated using Mitchell's (1988) integrated treatment model. In addition to responding to particular points raised by McWilliams' more "artistic" and Levy's more "scientific" perspectives, I provide a more personal context and view of my experience in providing therapy to these three patients.  

Author Biography

Robert W. Riordan, Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University

Ran Fishman, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief, Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy Professor of Clinical and Organizational Psychology Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology Rutgers University Mailing address: 57 Jaffray Court Irvington, NY 10533 914-693-8549 fax: 603-917-2567 email: dfish96198@aol.com

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Published

2012-10-04

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2012)

Section

Case Study

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