Transference Focused Therapy
Another form of treatment that is commonly used for borderline personality disorder is transference focused psychotherapy. TFP is a modified psychodynamic psychotherapy (a form of depth psychology of which the primary focus is to reveal the client’s unconscious, deep-rooted feelings in order to make it possible to resolve them). TFP combines methods of standard psychoanalytic technique (such as attention to unconscious processes, focusing on transference, and interpretation) with increased levels of therapist activity. In addition, TFP focuses on the client’s external world (their relationships and everything that they experience), as well as their internal world (their thoughts and feelings). TFP emphasizes a set of behavioral parameters, which are agreed upon by the therapist and the client prior to the first session, and are designed to help prevent the client from acting out while also encouraging them to fully express their emotions, thoughts, and feelings within the twice-weekly treatment sessions. Ultimately, the goal of TFP is to achieve mood stabilization, improve interpersonal relationships, reduce impulsivity, help the client …show more content…
Discussing dysfunctional relationships that have been a part of the client’s life will help the therapist explain to the client what aspects made the relationships dysfunctional, and what could be changed to turn them into functional relationships. Knowing the differences between functional and dysfunctional relationships is a vital component in helping the client with interpersonal functioning and effectiveness (Doering, Hörz, Rentrop, Fischer-Kern, Schuster, Benecke, A. Buchheim, Martius, & P. Buchheim,
Another form of treatment that is commonly used for borderline personality disorder is transference focused psychotherapy. TFP is a modified psychodynamic psychotherapy (a form of depth psychology of which the primary focus is to reveal the client’s unconscious, deep-rooted feelings in order to make it possible to resolve them). TFP combines methods of standard psychoanalytic technique (such as attention to unconscious processes, focusing on transference, and interpretation) with increased levels of therapist activity. In addition, TFP focuses on the client’s external world (their relationships and everything that they experience), as well as their internal world (their thoughts and feelings). TFP emphasizes a set of behavioral parameters, which are agreed upon by the therapist and the client prior to the first session, and are designed to help prevent the client from acting out while also encouraging them to fully express their emotions, thoughts, and feelings within the twice-weekly treatment sessions. Ultimately, the goal of TFP is to achieve mood stabilization, improve interpersonal relationships, reduce impulsivity, help the client …show more content…
Discussing dysfunctional relationships that have been a part of the client’s life will help the therapist explain to the client what aspects made the relationships dysfunctional, and what could be changed to turn them into functional relationships. Knowing the differences between functional and dysfunctional relationships is a vital component in helping the client with interpersonal functioning and effectiveness (Doering, Hörz, Rentrop, Fischer-Kern, Schuster, Benecke, A. Buchheim, Martius, & P. Buchheim,