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MENUBifocal psychotherapy in a borderline case Volume 95, issue 2, Février-Mars 2019
- Key words: co-therapy, BPD, clinical case, transfer, counter-transfer, Otto Kernberg
- DOI : 10.1684/ipe.2019.1915
- Page(s) : 115-21
- Published in: 2019
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychopathological configuration that exposes the individuals affected – as well as care teams – to complex care arrangements, often characterized by a series of failures, particularly on an institutional level. We present here the case of a young female patient suffering from severe BPD who has been hospitalized over an extended period and who has been treated for some time by means of a bifocal therapy inspired by the transference-focused psychotherapy of Frank Yeomans, included in the theoretical and practical filiation of Otto Kernberg. The results observed lend themselves to a certain degree of optimism, raising hopes that the patient could depart from the restrictive hospital environment.
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