title: [Insecure/disorganized attachment and borderline personality disorder: overcoming therapeutic problems].
abstract: In this article, the authors discuss the obstacles in the therapeutic relationship with patients with borderline personality disorder because of problematic transference. They present the case of a patient and describe a therapeutic impasse triggered by an exacerbated insecure/disorganized attachment. They discuss strategies to resolve the therapeutic deadlock elaborated according to the attachment theory formulation and the understanding of transference issues.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des troubles de personnalité de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas.
authors.forename: Jean-Sébastien
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Leblanc
authors.forename: Suzane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Renaud
authors.forename: Amal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wahbi
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cloutier
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009769:Object Attachment; D014167:Transference, Psychology