ISTFP Conference, 6th Biennial
September 27-29, 2020, Innsbruck, Austria
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Program Details To Follow
The meeting will follow the ESSPD International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder and Allied Disorders (Antwerp, Belgium, September 2020; see www.borderline-congress.org)
Upcoming Seminars, Courses and Events
Training in Transference Focused Psychotherapy
Madrid, Spain, February to July 2020
Formación en Psicoterapia Focalizada en la Transferencia (Training in Transference Focused Psychotherapy)
Location: Gregorio Marañón University Hospital. Madrid, Spain (more…)
Evidence Based Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: Clinical and Ethical Considerations
February 27th, 2020, Louisville, KY, USA
Kenneth N. Levy, Ph.D.
Kentucky Psychological Association
Workshop Location: Spalding University, Egan Leadership Center Lectorium, 901 S. 4th Street, Louisville, KY 40203 (more…)
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for working with patients with Borderline and Narcissistic Personality Features
February 28th, 2020, Louisville, KY, USA
Kenneth N. Levy, Ph.D.
Kentucky Psychological Association
Workshop Location: Spalding University, Egan Leadership Center Lectorium, 901 S. 4th Street, Louisville, KY 40203 (more…)
Advanced TFP workshop Budapest
Budapest, Friday, February 28 16:00 -20:00 and Saturday February 29 9-18:00
Workshop sponsored by the Budapest TFP work-group that will have two themes:
- The reaction of therapist under powerful pressure from patient and/or relatives – counter-transference acting out, its recognition and integration into the therapeutic process, with special respect to the role of sexuality
- Sexuality and perversions in personality disorders
TFP Specialization
Montevideo, Uruguay: March 11, 2020 to July 29, 2020
Every Wednesday evening for 90 minutes – in Spanish.
For further information, contact Mónica Eidlin at monicaeidlin@gmail.com.
Diplomado Trastornos Severos de la Personalidad
Chile, Abril 2020- Diciembre 2021
Magister Clinico y terapeuta acreditado en TFP
Grupo TFP Chile
Universidad de Valparaiso
Introduction to TFP (in Spanish)
Montevideo, Uruguay: August 6, 7, 2020
Seminar Instructor: Dr. Frank Yeomans
Sponsor: The Academic Direction of the Master’s Degree Program in Clinical Psychology of the School of Psychology, University of the Republic.
Supervision of TFP (in Spanish)
Montevideo, Uruguay: August 8, 9, 2020
Dr. Frank Yeomans will teach a two-day clinical workshop focusing on supervision of TFP.
Sponsored by TFP-Uruguay (in Spanish).
For further information, contact Mónica Eidlin at monicaeidlin@gmail.com.
Psychodynamische Diagnostik und Psychotherapie von Persönlichkeitsstörungen
Münsterlingen: CURRICULUM 2020/2021, BASISKURSE
Psychiatrische Klinik Münsterlingen
In Kooperation mit der International Society
of TFP (ISTFP) und Swiss Society of TFP (SSTFP)
This training is in German.
Continuing Education Program in TFP by Grupo TFP México
Mexico City: Courses begin on the second Saturday of January and the second Saturday of August each year.
Basic TFP course from 9:30 to 12:00 and TFP course applied to narcissism from 12:00 to 14:30.
Events that together help the participants to obtain the Level A certification for the ISTFP, which indicates that the student must participate in a course, seminar or workshop, until the equivalent of 63 hours of guaranteed training seminars by the ISTFP.
TFP Professionals: Register here to join the ISTFP!
New Books on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
Drs. Hersh, Caligor, and Yeomans describe the application of TFP principles across psychiatric settings in a way that will help all clinicians who deal with patients with personality disorders at the borderline level.
Drs. Caligor, Kernberg, Clarkin, Yeomans: concepts and techniques of psychodynamic psychotherapy from an object relations point of view; application of TFP beyond the borderline level of personality organization to the full range of personality pathology. Accompanied by educational video material.
Dr. Kernberg presents an integrated update of the current knowledge of personality disorders, their neurobiological and psychodynamic determinants, and a specific psychodynamic psychotherapy geared to resolve psychopathology.
The latest TFP manual and its translations:
New translations of TFP-related books:
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.
