What is it about?
In this article I suggest that the narcissists have a split in his personality between grandiosity and inferiority as well as multiple personality disorder, although not as severe. In the grandiose state of the self, the narcissist experiences himself as perfect and superior to others. In this state, he is in high spirits and denies his difficulties and limitations. In the inferiority self-state, he experiences himself as a completely different person, feeling inferior, empty and depressed.
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This innovation point of view has a major implication on therapist therapeutic strategy so it will be focused on the integration of the narcissist's split personality. The integrative process has a key role especially in the first stage of psychotherapy when the patient is obsessed with the issue of his self-worth.
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My personal clinical experience indicated that beginning therapy of narcissistic personality disorder persons, have to be focus on integration personality. This approach increases improvement in the treatment efficacy even though the treatment has a long-term psychodynamic orientation.
Orna Afek
Tamuz Institute
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This page is a summary of: The split narcissist: The grandiose self versus the inferior self., Psychoanalytic Psychology, April 2018, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/pap0000161.
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