[The patient therapist relationship: implications of attachment theory, reflective functioning and research]

(La relation patient-thérapeute: impacts de la théorie de l'attachement, de la fonction réflexive et de la recherche.)

Full Abstract

This paper illustrates the centrality of attachment issues in a manualized psychodynamic psychotherapy for BPD, Transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP). The focus is on how the psychotherapist's awareness of these issues may advance the understanding of psychopathological processes mediated by attachment disorganization, and in particular how the patient-therapist match may foster or impede disorganized attachment.

Author information

Author/s: Diamond, Diana (D); Yeomans, Frank (F);

Affiliation: City University de New York, Weill Medical College de l'Université Cornell.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; English Abstract; Journal Article; Review

Journal: Santé mentale au Québec (Sante Ment Que), published in Canada. (Language: fre)

Reference: 2008-; vol 33 (issue 1) : pp 61-87

Dates: Created 2008/09/16; Completed 2008/10/28;

PMID: 18795196, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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