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This book fills an acute need: currently, there is relatively little research on promising treatments for adolescents with PDs, in part because clinicians hesitate to diagnose PD in patients so young (because of stigma and other factors), although it is evident that a constellation of symptoms can be observed in children and adolescents. However, these personality issues are unlikely to resolve without interventions developed explicitly to treat adolescents. In TFP-A, the psychotherapist provides patients with a safe space to examine emotions, relationships, and past trauma, with the focus on helping them gain better behavioral control; increase affect regulation; develop more intimate and gratifying relationships with family, peers, or close friends; and engage in a productive life aimed at realizing current and future goals.   Noteworthy themes and features of the text include:Emphasis on the therapist as \"third voice,\" acting as interpreter and mediator between the adolescent, the parental couple, and conventional society and its values, with the ultimate goal of fostering ego integration sufficient to allow the adolescent to proceed under his own agency.   Detailed coverage of the techniques of TFP-A, including creating a holding environment, assuming an active stance, engaging in the interpretive process, analyzing transference and countertransference, achieving technical neutrality, and ensuring interventions are developmentally informed.   Practical and accessible review of TFP-A \"tactics,\" including establishing the treatment frame, collaborating with parents, and other interventions that maintain the conditions necessary for working effectively with the adolescent and for protecting treatment integrity.   Thoughtful review of the attributes that make a clinician a good \"fit\" for transference-focused psychotherapy. For example, therapists must have their own lives \"together,\" because they will have to use countertransference reactions to identity and understand what is projected onto them.   A rich and useful repository of assessment scales and forms in the Appendices, as well as extended and illustrative patient interviews.   Navigating adolescence is fraught under the best of circumstances, but patients with PDs are hampered in their quest for individuation. Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Adolescents With Severe Personality Disorders fills a critical gap in the treatment literature and is an eminently useful guide for clinicians serving this vulnerable population.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303992930677,"sku":"9781615373147","price":44.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781615373147_dcca28d7-c341-46b3-bba0-acaa00fed4d4.jpg?v=1786023544"},{"product_id":"9781615374618","title":"Hatred, Emptiness, and Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this important new volume, Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., of Weill Cornell Medical College, offers an updated vision of psychoanalytic object relations theory, revealing its application to transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP), a treatment approach derived from, and related to, psychoanalysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollecting previously published articles and new material based on empirical studies carried out by the Personality Disorders Institute of Weill Cornell, the book illustrates TFP's applicability in scenarios that include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchizoid personality disorders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychotic personality organization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisturbances in sexuality and love relations in cases of narcissistic personalities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInpatient hospital treatment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarge group regression in organizational and political settings as a consequence of malignant narcissism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHatred, Emptiness, and Hope\u003c\/i\u003e also devotes a chapter to the implications of new developments in neurobiology on psychoanalytic object relations theory, examining the relationship between neurobiological dispositions and their interaction with psychodynamic developments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides offering a detailed look at the application of TFP to severe personality disorders, this book also examines the practice of TFP itself, tackling controversial issues regarding the supervision of psychoanalysis and its derived psychotherapies, the challenges for the future of psychoanalysis, and innovations that may serve to strengthen its role as a profession, a treatment approach and a social organization within mental health sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303995617653,"sku":"9781615374618","price":46.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781615374618_175695ad-5f86-4c3c-8ec9-67ea7c454795.jpg?v=1786023558"},{"product_id":"9781585624287","title":"The Inseparable Nature of Love and Aggression","description":"\u003cp\u003eOtto Kernberg is a towering figure in the field of psychoanalysis and has accomplished seminal work in object relations and the treatment of borderline and narcissistic patients. This volume collects his recent work in several areas: severe personality disorders, couples in conflict, and religious experience. In each area, he explores the relationship between the psychoanalytic, clinical psychiatric, and neurobiological approaches, yielding insights and analysis that are compelling, thought-provoking, and at times startling in their penetrating brilliance. In addition, the book addresses the challenges that psychoanalysis faces in the current medical environment, and the need to strengthen its ties with academic institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully written, the book is designed to both provoke questions and provide enlightenment on a variety of critical issues within psychotherapy. Specifically, the volume:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplores new approaches to diagnosis and new psychotherapeutic techniques to treat the most severe personality disorders, particularly severe narcissistic psychopathology, based on new research findings;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelates psychoanalytic theory to neurobiological findings by illuminating the influences of neurobiological structures and intrapsychic conflicts on the development of the personality;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamines the psychoanalytic and neurobiological underpinnings of sexual love, from the organization of brain structures and neurotransmitters to the overall systems of erotic activation, attachment and bonding. This systematic approach provides insight into the nature of passionate love and the psychodynamic features of the love relationship;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAddresses psychodynamic factors in the religious experience and the search for universal ethical values, and explores the crucial function of religious experience in dealing with the ideological challenges of social life; and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIdentifies the serious problems facing psychoanalytic education, institutions, and the profession of psychoanalysis, and proposes solutions to energize the field and increase its contributions to scientific research and progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Inseparable Nature of Love and Aggression: Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e, Kernberg demonstrates his belief that the collaboration of psychoanalysis and neurobiology has the potential to significantly advance our understanding of the human mind. The full spectrum of mental health clinicians, as well as educated general readers, will find this to be a work of creativity and substance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304571384181,"sku":"9781585624287","price":52.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781585624287_327a32c9-3e68-4b85-ae9b-e8d3b8623e2b.jpg?v=1786023521"},{"product_id":"9781585624379","title":"Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide\u003c\/i\u003e presents a model of borderline personality disorder (BPD) and its treatment that is based on contemporary psychoanalytic object relations theory as developed by the leading thinker in the field, Otto Kernberg, M.D., who is also one of the authors of this insightful manual. The model is supported and enhanced by material on current phenomenological and neurobiological research and is grounded in real-world cases that deftly illustrate principles of intervention in ways that mental health professionals can use with their patients.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book first provides clinicians with a model of borderline pathology that is essential for expert assessment and treatment planning and then addresses the empirical underpinnings and specific therapeutic strategies of transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the chapter on clinical assessment, the clinician learns how to select the type of treatment on the basis of the level of personality organization, the symptoms the patient experiences, and the areas of compromised functioning. In order to decide on the type of treatment, the clinician must examine the patient's subjective experience (such as symptoms of anxiety or depression), observable behaviors (such as investments in relationships and deficits in functioning), and psychological structures (such as identity, defenses, and reality testing).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext, the clinician learns to establish the conditions of treatment through negotiating a verbal treatment contract or understanding with the patient. The contract defines the responsibilities of each of the participants and defines what the reality of the therapeutic relationship is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTechniques of treatment interventions and tactics to address particularly difficult clinical challenges are addressed next, equipping the therapist to employ the four primary techniques of TFP (interpretation, transference analysis, technical neutrality, and use of countertransference) and setting the stage for and guiding the proper use of those techniques within the individual session.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat to expect in the course of long-term treatment to ameliorate symptoms and to effect personality change is covered, with sections on the early, middle, and late phases of treatment. This material prepares the clinician to deal with predictable phases, such as tests of the frame, impulse containment, movement toward integration, episodes of regression, and termination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, the text is accompanied by supremely instructive online videos that demonstrate a variety of clinical situations, helping the clinician with assessment and modeling critical therapeutic strategies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book recognizes that each BPD patient presents a unique treatment challenge. Grounded in the latest research and rich with clinical insight,\u003ci\u003e Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide\u003c\/i\u003e will prove indispensable to mental health professionals seeking to provide thoughtful, effective care to these patients.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56304696033653,"sku":"9781585624379","price":62.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781585624379_c6ca1b96-b3b9-4fd4-a677-e2d5d4e95f2a.jpg?v=1786023523"},{"product_id":"psychodynamic-therapy-for-personality-pathology","title":"Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology","description":"\u003cp\u003eDeftly combining contemporary theory with clinical practice, \u003ci\u003ePsychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology: Treating Self and Interpersonal Functioning\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource for any clinician seeking a coherent model of personality functioning and pathology, classification, assessment, and treatment. This insightful guide introduces Transference-Focused Psychotherapy-Extended (TFP-E), a specialized but accessible approach for any clinician interested in the skillful treatment of personality disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompatible with the DSM-5 Section III Alternative Model for Personality Disorders—and elaborating on that approach, this volume offers clinicians at all levels of experience an accessible framework to guide evaluation and treatment of personality disorders in a broad variety of clinical and research settings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this book, readers will find:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA coherent model of personality functioning and disorders based in psychodynamic object relations theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clinically near approach to the classification of personality disorders, coupled with a comprehensive approach to assessment\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn integrated treatment model based on general clinical principles that apply across the spectrum of personality disorders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn understanding of specific modifications of technique that tailor intervention to the individual patient's personality pathology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescriptions of specific psychodynamic techniques that can be exported to shorter-term treatments and acute clinical settings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatient assessment and basic psychodynamic techniques are described in up-to-date, jargon-free terms and richly supported by numerous clinical vignettes, as well as online videos demonstrating interventions. At the end of each chapter, readers will find a summary of key clinical concepts, making this book both a quick reference tool as well as a springboard for continued learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClinicians looking for an innovative, trustworthy guide to understanding and treating personality pathology that combines contemporary theory with clinical practice need look no further than \u003ci\u003ePsychodynamic Therapy for Personality Pathology: Treating Self and Interpersonal Functioning\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484330041717,"sku":"9781585624591","price":56.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781585624591.jpg?v=1786266390"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-otto-f-md-kernberg.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}