Otto Kernberg Psychoanalysis Interview. Kernberg’s View of Narcissistic Personality Disorder -Narcissistic Personality Disorder- Otto Kernberg’s description of the pathological narcissistic individual centers around a set of paradoxes: self-inflation existing alongside a limitless need for praise, a charming and engaging surface covering a ruthless interior, and a persona of self-sufficiency defending against underlying feelings of intense envy .
For Kernberg, the diagnosis of the narcissistic character also depends on the quality of the person’s object relations and the pattern of his or her intrapsychic defenses. Narcissistic individuals experience their relationships with others as exploitative and parasitic. Otto Kernberg: Objects Relations Theory - 'The Seeds of the Self' Entretien avec OTTO KERNBERG.