Treatment of the Borderline Patient Applying Fairbairn's Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting

Describes a practical, accessible, hands-on approach to the psychotherapeutic treatment of the borderline patient. The perspective presented is particularly suited to the clinician who has many such patients to face, but who is intimidated by psychoanalytic theory. The tactics and techniques described are based on two of the most obvious aspects of pathological behavior seen in borderline patients: 1) their massive dependency on parents, or new partners who frustrate them endlessly, and 2) their refusal to give up hope on these "Bad Objects" despite a history of severe disappointment. The theoretical model behind this dependency-based analysis of the borderline condition stems from the nearly forgotten work of W. R. D. Fairbairn, whose views have reemerged in the current writings of Kernberg, Masterson, Rinsley & Gerald Adler.Celani, David P. is the author of 'Treatment of the Borderline Patient Applying Fairbairn's Object Relations Theory in the Clinical Setting', published 2007 under ISBN 9780823683246 and ISBN 0823683249.