Strategies of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy

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Back to table of contents previous chapternext chapter No AccessChapter 3.Strategies of Transference-Focused PsychotherapyEdited by:https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9781615371006.fy03AboutSectionsView chapterExcerptView Full Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View chapterSectionsStrategy 1: Defining the Dominant Object Relations—Transforming Action Into Object Relations | Strategy 2: Observing and Interpreting Patient Role Reversals | Strategy 3: Observing and Interpreting Linkages Between Object Relations Dyads That Defend Against Each Other | Strategy 4: Working Through the Patient’s Capacity to Experience a Relationship Differently, starting with the transference | Repetitive Nature of the WorkExcerptThe goal of transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP) is identity consolidation—the integration of mutually split off idealized and persecutory internalized object relations in the transference in order to achieve a coherent, realistic, and stable experience of self and others. This internal state of identity consolidation is congruent with emotion regulation and cooperative, positive relationships with others. This goal is achieved by the therapeutic interventions that can be conceptualized at different levels of abstraction and specificity. The strategies of TFP are the overarching approaches defining the sequential steps in the process of interpreting object relations activated in the transference. The techniques are the moment-to-moment interventions of the therapist. Finally, the tactics of TFP are the maneuvers the therapist uses to lay the groundwork for the proper use of interpretation and other treatment techniques. We describe the strategies of TFP in this chapter; the techniques in Chapter 6, “Techniques of Treatment,” and the tactics in Chapter 7, “Tactics of Treatment and Clinical Challenges.” Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited byNone Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder Information©American Psychiatric Association History Published online 1 November 2016 Published in print 30 December 2014