Borderline Disorders Clinical Models and Techniques

Designed as a resource and a guide, the volume translates complex concepts in ways that will be accessible to practitioners from a wide range of mental health disciplines. It is replete with case vignettes of therapist/patient interaction and of clinical concepts that illustrate the approaches of Otto Kernberg, James Masterson, Gertrude and Rubin Blanck, Heinz Kohut, and Gerald Adler. Divided into two sections, Part I considers the historical background as well as current theoretical views on the nature, development, and treatment of borderline disorders. Part II presents and analyzes five conflict- and deficit-based treatment models; discusses the elements of an integrative clinical perspective; and describes couple and family treatment as well as hospital treatment of borderline patients.Goldstein, Eda G. is the author of 'Borderline Disorders Clinical Models and Techniques' with ISBN 9780898624427 and ISBN 0898624428.