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The 8th Biennial ISTFP Conference was held in New York, Sept 2024

Drs. Kernberg and Yeomans presented remotely to 1200 attendees at the PTPP, Kraków, Sept 2024

The group of TFP Supervisors who gathered for our 3rd biennial conference in Milan, Oct 2023

TFP workshop sponsored by the Universidad de Valparaiso 2022

Otto Kernberg speaking at TFP workshop sponsored by the Universidad de Valparaiso 2022

1st Conference TFP Teacher-Supervisors: Münsterlingen, Switzerland, Oct. 5, 2019

5th ISTFP Conference, Barcelona

5th Biennial ISTFP Conference, Barcelona, October 2018

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Upcoming TFP Trainings

For all mental health professionals and students

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Planning a new training event? [email protected]

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15 March 2024
Ongoing Supervision Program with a Guest Expert: Dr. Otto Kernberg

TFP Group Mexico

Supervision Dr. Otto Kernberg

90 minutes sessions Biweekly on Fridays

Ongoing Supervision Program with a Guest Expert: Dr. Otto Kernberg

Spanish – Online
Otto Kernberg, M.D.
Organizers:
Diana Téllez Quiroz , Ph.D.
Ivan Arango de Montis , M.D.
Submit your application by following the registration link

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24 September 2024
TFP Didactic Training Graduate

TFP Institute Italy – PDLab

certified hours

Every year

TFP Didactic Training Graduate

Italian- Hybrid
20 hours of supervision will be required

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15 October 2024
One-year TFP training and consultation course – UK 2024

South London and Maudsley NHS Trust, co-sponsered by TFP-UK

63 certified hours

October 15th, 2024 to July 2025

One-year TFP training and consultation course – UK 2024

English – Online

Jonathan Radcliffe
Laura Liard

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30 November 2024
Module 3: Structural Interview and Treatment Contract, Different Personality Disorders, Their Typical Transferences, and the Necessary Containment, Plus Monthly Supervision Groups.

ÖGATAP

122 certified hours

30 Nov 2024 to 2026

Module 3: Structural Interview and Treatment Contract, Different Personality Disorders, Their Typical Transferences, and the Necessary Containment, Plus Monthly Supervision Groups.

German- In person

Stephan Doering, Kristina Csaky-Pallavicini, Petra Holler, and Bernhard Brömmel

Email your application by following the registration link

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4 April 2025
Introductory Course in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for adults and adolescents: Theory and Clinical Practice

TFP-LATINOAMERICA

63 certified hours

April 4, 2025 to December 6, 2025

Introductory course in transference-focused psychotherapy for adults and adolescents: Theory and Clinical Practice

Spanish – Online
Otto Kernberg, Frank Yeomans, Mónica Eidlin, Miguel Angel Gonzáles, Teresa Ribalta, Brenda Tarragona, Valeria Fernández, Juan Ahumada
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5 April 2025
Advanced Training Course in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy: In-depth Study of Clinical Cases 

TFP-LATINOAMERICA

27 certified hours

April 5, 2025 to December 13, 2025

Advanced Training Course in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy: In-depth study of clinical cases

Spanish – Online
Otto Kernberg, Frank Yeomans, Mónica Eidlin, Teresa Ribalta, Valeria Fernández, Juan Ahumada
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10 May 2025
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Foundational Training – Online 2025

Si Chuan He Guang Clinical Psychology Institute

4 weekend seminar package

Begins Saturday, May 10th 2025

Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Foundational Training – Online 2025

English – Online with Chinese translation
Tennyson Lee, Kenneth N. Levy, Philipp Martius, Mathieu Norton-Poulin
Submit your application by following the registration link with mail header format: TFP Training Application + Your Name

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23 May 2025
Second module: Initial Phase of Psychotherapy: Therapeutic Framework 

TFP Switzerland

16 certified hours

23 & 24 May 2025

Second module: Initial Phase of Psychotherapy: Therapeutic Framework

French – Lausanne (in person)
Louis Diguer
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New Books on TFP

Psychodynamische Therapie der Persönlichkeitsstörungen Übertragungsfokussierte Psychotherapie (TFP) bei Borderline-, Narzissmus- und Traumafolgestörungen
Implementing Transference-Focused Psychotherapy Principles: General Psychiatric Care for Personality Disorders (2024)
Hatred, Emptiness, and Hope
Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
Transference-FocusedPsychotherapy
for adolescents with severe personality disorders

Please also peruse within the Publications section of this website:

  • The extensive body of papers in our TFP Online Library,
  • Our Diagnostic tools,
  • Translations of our TFP Manuals and of TFP-related books, and
  • An extensive list of books authored by our members.
New Translations of TFP-Related Books
Japanese Translation of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide
Japanese Translation of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide
Turkish translation of "Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy"
Turkish translation of “Treating Pathological Narcissism with Transference-Focused Psychotherapy”
Turkish translation of "Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide"
Turkish translation of “Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide”
Turkish translation of "The Inseparable Nature of Love and Aggression: Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives"
Turkish translation of “The Inseparable Nature of Love and Aggression: Clinical and Theoretical Perspectives”
Turkish translation of "Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology"
Turkish translation of “Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology”
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 the 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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