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The Psychoanalytic Quarterly Volume 84, 2015 - Issue 3
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Narcissistic Defenses in the Distortion of Free Association and Their Underlying Anxieties

Otto F. Kernberg Director of the Personality Disorders Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division; a Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; and a Training and Supervising Analyst at Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.
Pages 625-642 | Published online: 21 Sep 2017

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