Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)
Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) is suitable for people with personality problems that manifest themselves in problems with their identity and relationships. These problems usually consist of conflicts in relationships with others and of the rapid changes in the image that someone has of themselves and of others. This can cause anxiety and mood complaints.
Purpose
The goal of TFP is that the different images you have of yourself become a whole. This creates a solid and flexible sense of identity. This contributes to the decrease of your complaints and symptoms.
Duration, frequency and form
The therapy consists of biweekly sessions. The treatment lasts a maximum of 3 years.
Method
In the treatment you enter into a personal relationship with the therapist, with the intention that the problems you usually have also become noticeable within the therapeutic relationship. The feelings, thoughts and behaviors that are evoked in you are examined and compared with the (relationship) problems that exist outside the therapy. Clarification, confrontation and interpretation play a major role in the treatment.
Read Karel's story
"It's going much better. I have gained much more insight into myself. Insight into what I experienced and where it came from. I have learned to allow feelings and talk about them, and thus to handle them better"
"I have become much more myself, and therefore a nicer and nicer person. For myself and for those around me."
Factsheet
TFP
Proven effective
The effectiveness of TFP has been proven by scientific research:
- Clarkin, J. F., Foelsch, P. A., Levy, K. N., Hull, J. W., Delany, J. C., Kernbery, O. F. (2001). The development of a psychodynamic treatment for patients with borderline personality disorder: A preliminary study of behavioral change. Journal of Personality Disorders, 15, 487-495. Link to the article.