1. standing still 2. The state of the art 3. major issues in treatment of the borderline patient 4. perpetual fear and abandonment 5. inability to modulate affe

Object relations theory has been useful in understanding borderline personality disorder, and from this theoretical orientation have emerged effective approache

This volume focuses on treatment issues pertaining to patients with borderline psychopathology. A section on psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy (wi

Treating borderline patients is one of the most challenging areas in psychotherapy because of the patient's extreme emotional expressions, the strain it places

Reviews the theoretical work of W.R.D. Fairbairn and describes a pragmatic approach based on that theoretical foundation. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc