1st Edition

Narcissism in Personality, Pathology and Psychotherapy

By Carsten René Jørgensen Copyright 2026
316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages
by Routledge

This timely volume questions our understanding of the highly current concept and phenomenon of narcissism, working from a broad psychotherapeutic perspective. Making a strong case for revising the formal diagnostic criteria of narcissistic personality disorder, this work argues for an approach that includes not just grandiose but also vulnerable manifestations of narcissistic pathology. It... Read more

1.Introduction  2.From normal to pathological narcissism: Towards a dimensional understanding  3.Pathological narcissism  4.Psychotherapeutic understanding and treatment of NPD  5.Conclusion 

Biography

Carsten René Jørgensen is PhD and professor of clinical psychology at Aarhus University, Department of Psychology, trained in group analytic psychotherapy and (since 2001) attached to the Clinic for Personality Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby. He has worked with intensive psychodynamic psychotherapy for more than thirty years – both as a therapist and a scientist - and is one of Scandinavia’s leading researchers in the field of identity, identity disturbances, and borderline and narcissistic personality disorders.