Family Quote by Otto F. Kernberg

“introspection and self-analysis, a creative capacity, an ability to think under adverse circumstances, ethical behavior that assures avoiding acting out in the counter transference,…

— Otto F. Kernberg

“self-protective withdrawal from candidates who are perceived as particularly privileged or untouchable, and “compassionate graduation” of inadequately performing candidates who have remained in training…

— Otto F. Kernberg

“the secretive oedipal couple and the excluded children so prevalent in psychoanalytic institutes. The “paranoiagenic” (Jaques, 1976) atmosphere of psychoanalytic institutes, the”

— Otto F. Kernberg

“lack of explicit criteria for the appointment of faculty in general, and the lack of explicit policies and criteria for the quality control of…

— Otto F. Kernberg

“second model, that of a technical or trade school, would conceive the primary task of psychoanalytic education to be the learning of a clearly…

— Otto F. Kernberg

“short, I am suggesting that the superego aspects of a psychoanalytic identity are reflected not only in moral integrity (in a moral as opposed…

— Otto F. Kernberg

“superego also makes a crucial contribution to the analyst’s identity. Superimposed”

— Otto F. Kernberg

“objective monitoring and qualification which reduces arbitrary, private subjective judgments carried out”

— Otto F. Kernberg

“an art academy, (2) a technical trade school, (3) a monastery or religious retreat, and (4) a university college. I shall spell out the…

— Otto F. Kernberg

“The narcissistic gratifications involved in psychoanalytic training, such as professional advancement, the unconscious misuse of the therapeutic relationship as an expression of power, basking…

— Otto F. Kernberg

“Because psychoanalytic institutes have not attempted to develop such functional administrative structures, the prevalent defenses of idealization and feelings of persecution have contributed to…

— Otto F. Kernberg

“The narcissistic lesions absorbed by senior training analysts through the phenomenon of “unhooked telephones” may increase their countertransference reactions to their own candidates and…

— Otto F. Kernberg