Section II:Overview of TFP-E: Basic Tasks, the Therapeutic Relationship, and Strategies of Treatment
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Having provided a foundation for conceptualizing and classifying personality disorders within the framework of object relations theory, we now provide a foundation for conceptualizing our approach to treatment. In the three chapters composing Section II, we introduce the general clinical principles and basic constructs that define transference-focused psychotherapy—extended (TFP-E). Based on object relations theory, TFP-E is a flexible treatment model that focuses on self and other functioning and the relationship between the patient’s personality organization and treatment strategies:
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