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Diana Diamond, Ph.D.

Professor Emerita in the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, City University of New York

Senior Fellow and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Personality Disorders Institute at New York Presbyterian Hospital−Weill Cornell Medical College

Adjunct Professor, New School for Social Research (part-time)

Adjunct Professor, New York University’s Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis

Faculty, New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

Dr. Diana Diamond’s primary clinical interests are in developing psychodynamic approaches to treating patients with personality disorders, with a particular focus on the impact of attachment status and pathological narcissism on the treatment process and outcome. Her major clinical and research interests are in investigating changes in attachment and mentalization in patients with combined borderline and narcissistic pathology over the course of TFP.  The author or co-author of four books, she is first author of Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference Focused Psychotherapy (Guilford Press, 2021) which delineates the model of TFP-N, an adaptation of TFP techniques to reach this difficult group of patients.  She has also published and lectured widely on the role of attachment theory and research in understanding personality disorders, assessing mental representation, gender and sexuality, and the application of psychological concepts to understanding narrative and symbolism in cinema. She is the recipient of several awards, including the research award from the American Psychological Association (Division 39), and most recently the Aaron Stern Distinguished Professorship lecture award from Weill Cornell Medical College in recognition of her contributions in further understanding of the etiology, pathology and treatment of narcissism.  She serves on the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Psychology and Psychoanalytic Inquiry, is Co-Vice President of the Margaret S. Mahler Foundation, and is in private practice in individual and couple therapy and psychoanalysis in New York City and Sag Harbor, New York.

Website: https://dianadiamondphd.com/
See website for current Curriculum Vitae

 

Highlighted Publications

Diamond, D., Yeomans, F.E, Stern, B.L. & Kernberg, O.F. (2021). Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference Focused Psychotherapy. Guilford Press.

Diamond, D. & Hersh, R. (2020). Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Narcissistic Personality Disorder: An Object Relations Approach. Journal of Personality Disorders, 34 (Supplement), 159-176.

Diamond, D., Yeomans, F.E., Levy, K.N., Hörz, S., & Clarkin, J. (2012). Transference focused psychotherapy for patients with co-morbid narcissistic and borderline personality disorder: The contributions of research to therapy. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment.

Diamond, D. (2008). Empathy and Identification in Lives of Others. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 56, 811-832.

Diamond, D. and Sklarew, B. (Eds.) (2018). Cinematic Reflections on the Legacy of the Holocaust: Psychoanalytic Perspectives. (Rutledge Press).

 
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