Treatment of Patients in the Borderline Spectrum: An Overview

W. W. Meissner, S. J., M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 47, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1993.47.2.184

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The therapeutic approach to treatment of borderline patients, as conceived diagnostically in the framework of the borderline spectrum, is described in general terms. The therapeutic difficulties are discussed in reference to the therapeutic alliance, the transference, and the countertransference. The particular nature and the characteristic quality of the difficulties encountered in each of these sectors are described and briefly discussed.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 47 • Number 2 • 1993, pp. 167–327

Pages: 184 - 193

PubMed: 8517468

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Published in print: 1993, pp. 167–327

Published online: 30 April 2018

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W. W. Meissner, S. J., M.D.

Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute; University Professor of Psychoanalysis, Boston College.

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Mailing address: 129 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge, MA 02130.

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Treatment of Patients in the Borderline Spectrum: An Overview

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