title: [Transference focused psychotherapy for adolescents: a preliminary communication].
abstract: This article describes transference focused psychotherapy and its treatment strategies for the psychoanalytic treatment of severe personality disorders. The specific modifications proposed for the treatment of adolescent patients with this disorder are discussed. Elaborately, we dwell on the assessment phase for evaluating adolescents with the specific modifications regarding contract setting and inclusion of parents and caregivers in the beginning of und during psychotherapy. Besides the modified treatment strategies the interventions or "treatment tactics" and specific "treatment techniques" are recommended which are essential during the treatment of adolescents with severe personality disorders.
authors.affiliation: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, The New York Hospital, White Plains, NY, USA. okernber@med.cornell.edu
authors.forename: Otto F
authors.initials: OF
authors.lastname: Kernberg
authors.forename: Maya K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Krischer
authors.forename: Pamela A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Foelsch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003142:Communication; D003379:Countertransference; D005196:Family Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D014167:Transference, Psychology