Implementing transference-focused psychotherapy principles : general psychiatric care for personality disorders / edited by Richard G. Hersh, Chiara De Panfilis. [Ebook]

Introduction – Toward Building a Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Approach for Applied Fields of Mental Health -- Development and Evolution of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP): A Foundation for Expanding Treatment Applications -- Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Informed Psychoeducation: Common Elements with Different Patient Populations in Different Clinical Settings -- Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Informed Care within an Outpatient Community-Based Multi-professional Psychiatric Service -- Using Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Principles in the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom (UK) -- Using Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Principles in Adult and Adolescent Day Hospital Settings -- Using Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Principles in Short-term and Extended Inpatient Psychotherapy Settings -- Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Principles for Mental Health Professionals in Higher-Acuity Settings -- Using Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Principles in an Integrated Care Continuum -- Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Based Group Therapy -- Using Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Principles in the Treatment of Forensic Disorder Patients -- Using Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Principles in the Treatment of Medical Co-morbidities in Personality Disorder Patients -- Using Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Principles in a Family Intervention for Adolescents with Personality Disorders.

This book focuses on the practical utility of key precepts of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) in contemporary psychiatry. This volume actively addresses the pressing public health crisis related to high numbers of patients with personality disorder pathology, often with significantly compromised functioning associated with marked social burdens related to health costs and lost productivity.

TFP is one of the empirically validated treatments for patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Building on this evidence base, the contributors to this volume describe their work in multiple clinical situations utilizing these principles with varying patient populations in different treatment settings. These settings include: the adult and adolescent day hospital, short term and extended inpatient hospitalizations, group therapy, and a range of outpatient services. Each chapter follows a consistent format to cover patient population, nature of treatment setting, overview of financial support, training of clinicians, treatment targets, elements of TFP employed, measurement of effectiveness, case study examples, and future research goals. Contributors from different backgrounds describe active use of TFP principles in their work, with adjustments from standard TFP protocol made accordingly.

Implementing Transference-Focused Psychotherapy Principles builds on the growing literature about TFP by expanding the focus beyond the extended individual psychotherapy format. The text will resonate with psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and mental health counselors, among others. Clinicians involved in public health systems will find the material outlined of particular value in our evolving world of mental health services.