Addressing the Challenge of Psychotherapy for Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Sponsored by the Karen C. Wells Lectureship Dr. Yeomans is Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Cornell Medical College, Director of Training at the Personality Disorders Institute of Weill-Cornell, and Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. He is president of the International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, an Honorary Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, past Chair of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Committee on Psychotherapy, and member of the Education Committee of Emotions Matter (an advocacy group for BPD). Awards include the UCLA Department of Psychiatry Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecturer (2015), the Weill Cornell Department of Psychiatry Arnold Cooper Honorary Lecturer Award (2021), Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad de Valparaiso (2022), and the University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry Kenneth Silk Lecturer Award (2023). Dr. Yeomans' primary interests are the development, investigation, teaching, and practice of psychotherapy for personality disorders. He headed the specialized unit for patients with Borderline Personality Disorder at the Weill Cornell Medical Center for ten years. He has taught and helped establish training programs for the psychodynamic therapy of personality disorders in many countries. He is a regular teacher and lecturer at APA Annual Meetings. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and books, including A Primer on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient, Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: Focusing on Object Relations, and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: A Clinical Guide, all co-authored with Drs. John Clarkin and Otto Kernberg. His latest book is Treating Narcissistic Pathology with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, co-authored with Diana Diamond, Barry Stern, and Otto Kernberg.