A Primer of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient
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A Primer of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient

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A Primer of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient

About this book

Treating borderline patients is one of the most challenging areas in psychotherapy because of the patient's extreme emotional expressions, the strain it places on the therapist, and the danger of the patient acting out and harming himself or the therapeutic relationship. Many clinicians consider this patient population difficult, if not impossible, to treat. However, in recent years dedicated experts have focused their clinical and research efforts on the borderline patient and have produced treatments that increase our success in working with borderline patients. Transference-Focused Therapy (TFP) is psychodynamic treatment designed especially for borderline patients. This book provides a concise and comprehensive introduction to TFP that will be useful both to experienced clinicians and also to students of psychotherapy.

TFP has its roots in object relations and it emphasizes that the transference is the key to understanding and producing change. The patient's internal world of object representations unfolds and is lived in the transference with the therapist. The therapist listens for and makes use of the relationship that is revealed through words, silence, or, as often occurs in the case of individuals with some borderline personality disorder, acting out in subtle or not-so-subtle ways. This primer offers clinicians a way to understand and then use the transference and countertransference for change in the patient.

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Yes, you can access A Primer of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient by Frank E. Yeomans,John F. Clarkin,Otto F. Kernberg in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & History & Theory in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. PART I: WHO ARE THE PATIENTS? DIAGNOSTIC ISSUES
  3. PART II: WHAT IS THE ESSENCE OF THE TREATMENT?
  4. PART III: TREATMENT STRATEGIES
  5. PART IV: TREATMENT TACTICS
  6. PART IV-A: TACTIC #1-CONTRACT SETTING
  7. PART IV-B: CHOOSING THE PRIORITY THEME TO ADDRESS
  8. PART IV-C: THE REMAINING TACTICS
  9. PART V: TREATMENT TECHNIQUES
  10. PART VI: COURSE OF TREATMENT AFTER THE CONTRACT
  11. PART VII: SOME TYPICAL TREATMENT TRAJECTORIES
  12. PART VIII: COMMON COMPLICATIONS OF TREATMENT
  13. PART IX: REQUIREMENTS FOR DOING TFP
  14. PART X: PRACTICAL QUESTIONS IN DELIVERING THE TREATMENT
  15. A Final Note
  16. Back Cover