11- Working with the layering of dyads 2 | Frank Yeomans

This video features 15 minutes from a TFP session focused on clarification and confrontation of the patient’s reactions to an upcoming vacation break and the activation of abandonment fears in the transference. The therapist starts by working with the initial devaluing and aggressive dyad, then addresses a possible emergency, and goes on to suggest the presence of a libidinal dyad, characterized by a longing for dependency, that the aggressive dyad defends against. This segment is useful for illustrating the management of separation anxiety, negative transference, and the interpretation of split dyads within a structured TFP framework.