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Bifocal psychotherapy in a borderline case Volume 95, issue 2, Février-Mars 2019

Authors
1 Psychiatre des hôpitaux, Chef de Pôle, CH de Jury, 57073 Metz cedex 3, France
2 Psychologue clinicienne, Docteur en psychologie clinique, Université de Lorraine, Laboratoire Interpsy, 23, bd Albert-1er, 54015 Nancy cedex, France
* Correspondance

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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