TY - JOUR AU - Riordan, Robert W. PY - 2012/10/04 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - A Personal Perspective on the Treatment of Three Cases of Narcissistic Vulnerability JF - Pragmatic Case Studies in Psychotherapy JA - PCSP VL - 8 IS - 3 SE - Case Study DO - 10.14713/pcsp.v8i3.1775 UR - https://pcsp.nationalregister.org/index.php/pcsp/article/view/1775 SP - 236-244 AB - <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">ABSTRACT</span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This article is a response to the commentaries of Nancy McWilliams (2012) and Kenneth Levy (2012) concerning my treatment of three patients—Alex, Brian, and Candace—whose presenting difficulties included a narcissistic personality disturbance and who were treated using Mitchell's (1988) integrated treatment model. In addition to responding to particular points raised by McWilliams' more "artistic" and Levy's more "scientific" perspectives, I provide a more personal context and view of my experience in providing therapy to these three patients.  </span></p> ER -