Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide

32 32B Video Illustrated “Transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) is based on one of the foundations of psychoanalytic thinking, object relations theory, and has been developed with rigorous research methodology and empirical evaluation. Designed for the most difficult patients in the dynamic therapist’s caseload, those with borderline personality, this treatment offers not only relief of symptoms but also an approach to their underlying personality disorder. It promises to enhance their social and vocational functioning, their love lives, and their creativity. In this guide for clinicians, Yeomans, Clarkin, and Kernberg, who developed the treatment, describe the origins of TFP and walk the clinician through its stages. They discuss case selection, establishing and maintaining the frame, and development and analysis of the transference. They provide guidance in managing crises, suicidality, sexual enactments, and more, all richly illustrated with clinical examples. This book is a must for anyone who wants to understand or employ TFP or for anyone who works with borderline patients.”