New developments in transference focused psychotherapy

Kernberg, Otto F.

doi:10.1111/1745-8315.12289

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“…That mean that, besides a "different" event lived as meaningful (as the therapist in transference), borderline individuals keep an only object as reference, affectively relating to two different ones, that are splitted in an object that is absolutely good and another one that is absolutely bad. In a so milieu therapist's recognition of and capacity to deal with countertransference issues become crucial to the treatment progression [6].…”

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Butterfly and Carnivorous Plant: In-between Imaging of Borderline Functioning

Federica¹,

Marco²,

Di³

2018

Int J Psychol Psychoanal

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“…Depending on the form of pathological organization, these conditions manifest different intensity that could be seen in transference-countertransference balance. The more the mobile degree of interaction transference/countertransference, the most the corresponding modifications in therapeutic response [6].…”

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Butterfly and Carnivorous Plant: In-between Imaging of Borderline Functioning

Federica¹,

Marco²,

Di³

2018

Int J Psychol Psychoanal

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“…The authors propose that TFP helps patients to establish an increased affect regulation achieved through the growing ability of the patient to psychologically reflect and integrate thoughts, emotions and behavior and to establish positive relationships with others (Kernberg, 2016). This is achieved through a modification of personality structure by linking the dissociated parts of positive and negative representations that are enacted in the therapeutic relationship.…”

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“…Aside from BPD, the widening scope of treating other personality disorders reveals recommendations for treating patients with internalizing personality disorders with TFP (e.g. Narcissistic PD) (Kernberg, 2016) and patients with externalizing personality disorders with MBT (e.g. ASPD) (Bateman, O'Connell, Lorenzini, Gardner, & Fonagy, 2016).…”

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Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Therapies for the Treatment of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder

Taubner

Volkert

2019

CPE

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Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious health issue associated with a high burden for the individual and society. Among the “Big Four” of evidence-based treatments for patients with BPD are two psychodynamic therapies that have evolved from classic psychoanalytic treatment with a change of setting and change of focus: Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) and Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT). This overview provides a comparison of the two treatments in terms of stance, clinical concepts, costs and key interventions. Furthermore, the current literature on the efficacy of both treatments is reviewed. While TFP focuses on the content of disintegrated representations of self and other, MBT focuses on the processing of mental states. Both treatments diverge in their clinical concepts and interventions for the treatment of BPD. Although both treatments are regarded as effective in treating BPD, no direct comparison of both treatments has been made so far. Future studies are needed to investigate mechanisms of change and derive recommendations for a differential indication. Specialized therapies for BPD have favorable drop-out rates and outcome compared to non-specialized ones. MBT and TFP have very diverse clinical concepts and interventions for the treatment of BPD. Both, MBT and TFP show efficacy in RCTs. No trial has directly compared MBT and TFP; there is no evidence base for differential indication. Specialized therapies for BPD have favorable drop-out rates and outcome compared to non-specialized ones. MBT and TFP have very diverse clinical concepts and interventions for the treatment of BPD. Both, MBT and TFP show efficacy in RCTs. No trial has directly compared MBT and TFP; there is no evidence base for differential indication.

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“…However, linking hereand- now issues to earlier experiences is not always necessary, and actually not recommended for patients with severe personality disorders (Levy & Scala, 2012 ). For instance, in Transference Focused Psychotherapy developed particularly for patients with borderline personality disorder, interpretations are utilized to address the present unconscious particularly in the earlier phases of the treatment (Kernberg, 2016 ).…”

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Transference interpretations as predictors of increased insight and affect expression in a single case of long-term psychoanalysis

İlkmen

Halfon

2019

ResPsy

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Improved insight and affect expression have been associated with specific effects of transference work in psychodynamic psychotherapy. However, the micro-associations between these variables as they occur within the sessions have not been studied. The present study investigated whether the analyst’s transference interpretations predicted changes in a patient’s insight and emotion expression in her language during the course of a long-term psychoanalysis. 449 thematic units from 30 sessions coming from different years of psychoanalysis were coded by outside raters for analyst’s use of transference interpretations using Transference Work Scale, and patient’s insight, positive emotions, anger and sadness were calculated using the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count System. Multilevel modeling analyses indicated that transference interpretations positively predicted patient’s insight and positive emotion words and negatively predicted anger and sadness. The qualitative micro-analyses of selected sessions showed that the opportunity to explore negative emotions within the transference relationship reduced the patient’s avoidance of such feelings, generated insight into negative relational patterns, and helped form more balanced representations of self and others that allowed for positive feelings. The findings were discussed for clinical implications and future research directions.

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New developments in transference focused psychotherapy

Cited by 26 publications

References 20 publications

Butterfly and Carnivorous Plant: In-between Imaging of Borderline Functioning

Butterfly and Carnivorous Plant: In-between Imaging of Borderline Functioning

Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Therapies for the Treatment of Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder

Transference interpretations as predictors of increased insight and affect expression in a single case of long-term psychoanalysis

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