Otto F. Kernberg

Otto F. Kernberg
Otto F. Kernberg digital photo by David L. Lopez
Born
Otto Friedmann Kernberg

(1928-09-10) 10 September 1928
Vienna, Austria
Known forPsychoanalytic theories on borderline personality organization and narcissistic pathology
Scientific career
FieldsPsychoanalysis and severe personality disorders
InstitutionsColumbia University
Weill Cornell Medical College
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
University of Chile

Otto Friedmann Kernberg (Austrian German: [ˈkɛrnbɛrg]; born 10 September 1928) is an Austrian-born American psychoanalyst and professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine, known for developing transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP). He is recognized internationally for his contributions to the psychoanalytic theories on borderline personality organization and narcissistic pathology.

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