title: Transference-focused psychotherapy.
abstract: Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) is a manualized evidence-based treatment for borderline and other severe personality disorders that is based on psychoanalytic object relations theory. The treatment contracting/setting the frame, managing countertransference, and the interpretative process are three critical components of TFP. We provide vignettes to illustrate these techniques and data that support their role in facilitating treatment outcome.
authors.affiliation: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. fyeomans@nyc.rr.com
authors.forename: Frank E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Yeomans
authors.forename: Kenneth N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Levy
authors.forename: Eve
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Caligor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003379:Countertransference; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D009769:Object Attachment; D010352:Patient Dropouts / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D013811:Psychotherapeutic Processes; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D035502:Trust