Relationship Management Of The Borderline Patient: From Understanding To Treatment

by Dawson,David L.

• ISBN13: 9780876307144
• ISBN10: 0876307144
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1993-07-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This volume offers guidelines for managing the therapist-patient relationship during crisis intervention and longer-term therapy with patients who exhibit borderline symptoms. Since to do no harm is the primary goal of any therapist who encounters such a patient, an appropriate therapist-patient relationship is crucial; moreover, skillful management of this relationship can, in itself, be the most effective and safe treatment. The authors present a conceptual model, based on self psychology and interpersonal theory, for reframing the borderline symptoms and the therapist's reactions. Case examples demonstrate effective relationship management and therapeutic interventions.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
History of the Borderline Concept	p. 3
Notes on Etiology	p. 12
The Necessary Conceptual Leap: Subatomic Physics and the Borderline Patient	p. 26
Context and the Self-System	p. 33
Principles of Relationship Management	p. 53
Crisis and Emergency Management	p. 77
Inpatient Management	p. 93
Outpatient Management	p. 116
Borderline Behavior in Adolescents	p. 141
Borderline Phenomena and Personality Disorder	p. 163
Borderline Phenomena in Schizophrenia	p. 168
Cautionary Tales	p. 174
Case Studies	p. 179
References	p. 191
Name Index	p. 203
Subject Index	p. 206
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