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The ISTFP conference history

Dear colleagues and ISTFP members, We are happy to welcome you to the 7th ISTFP conference. We hope that this biennial “meeting of minds” will provide you with a memorable learning experience. Again this year, because of the COVID Pandemic, we cannot meet in person. We will not be able to, like in previous editions of the event, engage in meaningful human interactions. Since that important part of the event will be missing, let’s make the most of this, like we did two years ago, and look forward to seeing each other again in two years… for real. I am…

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The ISTFP Research Award

ISTFP Research Award Among many other initiatives, the International Society for Transference Focused Psychotherapy (ISTFP) shares its commitment to fostering science and acquisition of knowledge with a yearly award: the Research Award from the International Society for Transference Focused Psychotherapy. Publications issued in English during the last two years on personality pathology from an object relation point of view are eligible for nomination and consideration for the award which consists of Euro 1000. This award is meant to recognize rigorous scientific effort on transference-focused psychotherapy and will be presented to the winner during the ISTFP annual conference. Any member in…

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ISTFP’s Public Relations and Communication Committee

Esteemed colleagues and ISTFP members,  My name is Mathieu Norton-Poulin and together with Veronica Steiner I have the pleasure to chair the ISTFP Public Relations and Communication Committee. It is with great enthusiasm that I write today in the first newsletter of our society. I am proud to belong to a group of exceptional professionals who dedicate their lives to ease the suffering of people burdened by personality disorders. I hope that the actions of our committee will help support us all towards that goal. Before sharing our mission and objectives, I would like to tell you the story of…

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Courses and seminars

Workshop STIPO-R

December 10 and 11, 2022 – Online Spanish – Online TFP Group Mexico Twelve sessions of two hours each time For more information click here Register [email protected]

Professionals: Register here to join the ISTFP.

New Books on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy

Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., Hatred, Emptiness, and Hope
Otto F. Kernberg, M.D. offers an updated vision of psychoanalytic object relations theory, revealing its application to transference-focused psychotherapy (TFP), a treatment approach derived from, and related to, psychoanalysis.
Treating Pathological Narcissism book
Drs. Diamond, Yeomans, Stern, and Kernberg fill a crucial gap in the clinical literature, providing a contemporary view of pathological narcissism and presenting an innovative treatment approach.
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Adolescents book
Drs. Normandin, Ensink, Weiner, and Kernberg offer clinicians a comprehensive, compassionate presentation of this specialized psychodynamic psychotherapy: promising treatments for adolescents with PDs.

The Latest TFP Manual and Its Translations

New Translations of TFP-Related Books

Polish version of Otto Kernberg’s book: “Treatment of Severe Personality Disorders. Resolution of Aggression and Recovery of Eroticism”
Polish version of Otto Kernberg’s: “Treatment of Severe Personality Disorders. Resolution of Aggression and Recovery of Eroticism”

Please also peruse our extensive body of papers and our diagnostic tools in the Publications section of our website.

BPD
Borderline Personality Disorder

Personality disorder, as a term, may sound negative and judgmental and it is important to have a clear understanding with our patients of the meaning of the term. We explain that there is a group of disorders in the DSM-IV, ten of them to be specific…

TFP
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy

Our approach to personality disorder treatment and research is based on the understanding of personality disorders in general and BPD in specific that is described in another section of this website.

ISTFP
Learn About ISTFP

The International Society of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (ISTFP) was founded in September 2011. Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) is a psychoanalytic treatment for patients with borderline and other personality disorders.

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