Psychotherapy for borderline personality
Subtitle: focusing on object relations
By: John F. Clarkin, Frank E. Yeomans, Otto F. Kernberg.
Contributors: Yeomans, Frank E., 1949-; Kernberg, Otto F., 1928-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Arlington, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Borderline personality disorder -- Treatment.; Psychotherapy.; Transference (Psychology); Borderline Personality Disorder -- therapy.; Psychotherapy -- methods.; Transference (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nature of borderline personality organization; title: The treatment of borderline pathology: the strategies of TFP; title: The techniques of treatment: moment-to-moment interventions; title: Tactics of treatment: laying the groundwork for techniques; title: Assessment phase: clinical evaluation and treatment choice; title: Assessment phase: treatment contracting; title: Early treatment phase: impulse containment and capacity to maintain the relationship with the therapist; title: Midphase of treatment: movement toward integration with episodes of regression; title: Advanced phase of treatment and termination; title: Crisis management and other special situations; title: Changes processes: theoretical and empirical perspectives.