Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP-A)

Suitable for borderline and identity problems. TFP is an intensive individual therapy for young people who suffer from wildly changing thoughts about themselves and others. The thinking pattern can be black and white, in which they alternately praise themselves and the other person or find them worthless. This can be accompanied by severe mood swings, impulse breakthroughs, social isolation and/or anxiety, mood complaints. They often experience serious problems in contact with others.

Purpose
The aim of TFP is for the young person to gain a more nuanced picture of themselves and others. As a result, the young person knows how to respond better to difficulties, becomes more resilient and is less likely to suffer from complaints.

Duration and frequency
The therapy consists of biweekly sessions of 45 minutes at a time. The treatment lasts 1 to 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.

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Factsheet
TFP

Proven effective
The effectiveness of Transference Focused Psychotherapy 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.