1st Conference TFP Teacher-Supervisors: Münsterlingen, Switzerland, Oct. 5, 2019
5th Biennial ISTFP Conference, Barcelona, October 2018
TFP at ISSPD 2019 Vancouver
TFP workshop sponsored by the Universidad de Valparaiso 2022
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Empirical support for Kernberg’s concept of Temperament
Scientific fondations of TFP series As a member of the ISTFP Public Relations and Communication committee, I have the privilege…
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Word from the president – July 2023
Dear fellow members of the ISTFP, My thought after reading the excellent newsletter that our Public Relations Committee has put…
The public image of TFP – What are people saying about us?
Dear members of ISTFP, It’s already been a year since the ISTFP’s Public Relation and Communications Committee has been working…
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Applied Transference Focused Psychotherapy
We often wonder about the future of Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) and the challenges that lie ahead, as well as…
The ISTFP adolescent committee
Dear Colleagues, The ISTFP established the Adolescent Committee to develop a treatment for adolescents with various personality pathologies. Since the…
Let’s meet Xumei Wang from China
Xumei Wang’s dedicated pursuit of TFP began in 2018, and while she is not presently affiliated with ISTFP, her involvement…
Upcoming TFP Trainings
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Ongoing Supervision Program with a Guest Expert: Dr. Otto Kernberg
TFP Group Mexico
90 minutes sessions Biweekly on Fridays
Ongoing Supervision Program with a Guest Expert: Dr. Otto Kernberg
Spanish – Online
Otto Kernberg, M.D.
Submit your application by following the registration link
One-year introductory TFP Training and Consultation Course
TFP-New York
October 2023
One-year introductory TFP Training and Consultation Course
English – Online
Eve Caligor, M.D., Frank Yeomans, M.D., Ph.D., Barry Stern, Ph.D.
Applications must be emailed before June 1, 2023
Submit your application by following the registration link
Two-year training in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
Columbia University – Co-sponsored by TFP-NY
September 2023
Two-year training in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
English – Online
Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and Co-sponsored by TFP-New York
Eve Caligor, Barry Stern, Frank Yeomans
Submit application by 15 May 2023
The 7th Berlin Forum Transference Focused Psychotherapy – TFP and Addiction
TFP Institute Berlin
November 18, 2023
The 7th Berlin Forum Transference Focused Psychotherapy – TFP and Addiction
German- In person (Berlin)
Stefan Anft, Iris Baisch,Marion Braun and colleagues
Email your application by following the registration link
Postgraduate Program- Psychodynamic Clinic in Personality Disorders: Theory, Complexities and Challenges
Instituto Chileno de Trastornos de Personalidad- ICHTP
2023
Postgraduate Program- Psychodynamic Clinic in Personality Disorders: Theory, Complexities and Challenges
Spanish – Online
Dr. Otto Kernberg, Dr. Luis Valenciano and colleagues
Email your application by following the registration link
Two-year training in Transference Focused Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders focused on object relations and attachment- Training, Supervision and Research
TFP Group Innsbruck
From September 14th, 2023 to September 14th, 2025.
Registration end date: August, 14th 2023
Two-year training in Transference Focused Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders focused on object relations and attachment- Training, Supervision and Research
German, Innsbruck (Austria)
Peter Buchheim, Barbara Koch, Andrea Steiner-Seiringer; Teachers, Co-Supervisors and Researchers: Anna Buchheim, Josef Hinterhölzl; Researchers: Manuela Gander, Karin de Punder, Karin Labek, PhD students
Transference Focused Psychotherapy: Level of deepening and Clinical Supervision
TFP Latinoamerica (Chile, Uruguay & Murcia TFP Groups)
March 10 to Dec. 10, 2023
Transference Focused Psychotherapy: Level of deeping and Clinical Supervision
Spanish – Online
Dr. Frank Yeomans
Luis Valenciano, Murcia
Mónica Eidlin, Uruguay
Verónica Steiner, Chile
Email your application by following the registration link
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy: Complete Didactic Training
TFP Group Ukraine
September 15, 2023
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy: Complete Didactic Training
English (Ukrainian translation) – Online
Training 2023-2024
Frank Yeomans, M.D., Ph.D.
Email your application by following the registration link
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New Books on TFP
The Latest TFP Manual Translations
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Please also peruse our extensive body of papers and our diagnostic tools in the Publications section of our website.
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…
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.
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.
