Description: (Psychiatrist, Psychanalyst, University teacher, Non-fiction writer, Psychologist)
Otto F. Kernberg is an esteemed American psychoanalyst and professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine. He is widely recognized for his significant contributions to the field of psychoanalysis, particularly focusing on borderline personality organization and narcissistic pathology. Kernberg has played a key role in merging postwar ego psychology with Kleinian and object relations perspectives, which has greatly influenced contemporary psychoanalysis. His work has been crucial in advancing modern object relations theory, establishing him as a prominent figure in the fields of psychiatry and psychoanalysis.