National/Regional TFP Societies and Groups
North America
Canada | Quebéc | TFP-Group Quebéc Contact persons: Lina Normandin, PhD Full Professor of Psychology École de psychologie Université Laval Québec Canada lina.normandin@psy.ulaval.ca |
USA | New York, NY | TFP-Group New York Contact person: Frank Yeomans, M.D. TFP–New York 122 East 42nd Street, Suite 3200 New York, NY 10168 USA Frankeyeomans@gmail.com https://www.tfpny.com/ https://www.borderlinedisorders.com/ Institution where TFP is offered to patients: Regular training courses, workshops, and supervisions: |
University Park, PA | TFP-Group Pennsylvania Contact person: Kenneth N. Levy, PhD Department of Psychology and the Psychological Clinic Pennsylvania State University 521 Bruce V. Moore Building University Park, PA 16802 Phone: +1-(0)814-8655848 Fax: +1-(0)814-8637002 klevy@psu.edu http://levylab.psych.psu.edu |
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Binghamton, NY |
Group in development Dr. Mark F. Lenzenweger maintains a private practice, making use of the principles of TFP, in the treatment of a range of personality disorders. His practice is based in Ithaca, New York, USA. Dr.Lenzenweger’s research interests are in the area of schizotypy and schizophrenia as well as in the area of longitudinal study of severe personality disorders. His laboratory is based at The State University of New York at Binghamton. He is also an active collaborator with Dr. Otto Kernberg and Dr. John Clarkin at the Weill Cornell Medical College. |
Latin America
Mexico | Mexico City | TFP-Group Mexico Contact persons: Dra. Marcela Blum Ortiz National Institute of Psychiatry Ramón de la Fuente Puente de Pieda Torre 1 Cons 008 Col. Toriello Guerra Postal Code: 14050 Mexico City marcelablum@hotmail.com Dr. Juan Pablo Ahumada-Castillo |
Chile | Santiago de Chile |
Instituto Chileno de Trastornos de Personalidad The institute is dedicated since 2008 to treat, teach, and do research on personality disorders. At this moment there are 13 members, 11 psychologists and 2 psychiatrists. ICHTP has been associated to universities and Chilean Ministry of Health to teach diagnosis and treatment of personality disorders, also it has been invited to lecture on personality disorders throughout the country. ICHTP has done research on validation of STIPO together with the New York TFP group and on countertransference with Universidad de Chile Psychiatric Clinic. ICHTP has an active participant of the Chilean Psychiatric Society Annual Meeting. Institution where TFP isoffered to patients: Regular training courses, workshops, and supervisions: |
Brazil | Sao Paulo | Group in development Contact person: Leila CuryTardivo, PhD Psychology Instituto Sao Paulo University Rua Leal de Souza, 30 Sao Paulo, Postal Code: 04611-070 tardivo@usp.br |
Europe
Austria | Vienna | TFP-Group Vienna Contact person: Professor Stephan Doering, MD Chair of the Dept. of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Medical University of Vienna Währinger Gürtel 18-20 A-1090 Wien Phone: +43-1-40400-25190/-30610 Fax: +43-1-406 68 03 stephan.doering@meduniwien.ac.at www.meduniwien.ac.at/hp/psychoanalyse/ Dr. Peter Schuster was one of the first European psychiatrists and psychoanalysts who invited Otto F. Kernberg for lectures and training courses to Vienna. Since the early 1980s Otto F. Kernberg regularly visits Vienna and delivers training and supervision to TFP therapists. In the late 1990s Bernhard Brömmel visited the Personality Disorders Institute in New York and received TFP training by Otto F. Kernberg and his colleagues. From 2003 – 2010 the Viennese TFP therapists took part in the Munich-Vienna TFP study that demonstrated the efficacy of the treatment (Doering et al. Br J Psychiatry 2010; 196(5):389-395). The Viennese TFP therapists belong to three institutions: The Academy for Psychoanalysis, the Austrian Society of Applied Depth Psychology and General Psychotherapy (ÖGATAP), and the Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna. During the last decade regular TFP training courses are offered and a number of regular supervision groups take place in Vienna. Moreover, Viennese TFP trainers and supervisors are delivering TFP courses in several places in Austria and Germany as well as at international conferences. Institution where TFP isoffered to patients: Regular training courses, workshops, and supervisions: Approved TFP teachers and supervisors: Dr. Bernhard Brömmel Dr. Andrea Bronner Dr. George Brownstone Prof. Dr. Stephan Doering Mag. Martin Engelberg Ass.-Prof. Dr. Melitta Fischer-Kern Priv.-Doz. Dr. Fritz Lackinger Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Katharina Leithner-Dziubas Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Henriette Löffler-Stastka Dr. Eva Ptak-Wiesauer OR Dr. Peter Schuster |
Germany | Munich | TFP-Institut München e.V. Contact person: Chair: Philipp Martius, MD Klinik Höhenried D-82347 Bernried Phone: +49-(0)8158-2433000 philipp.martius@hoehenried.de Secretary: The German TFP Institute in Munich was founded by Prof.Dr. Peter Buchheim. It has a long-standing tradition in the application, development, training, supervision, and research on TFP. It has been involved in the Munich-Vienna-Study for the evaluation of TFP treatment. A number of experiencedTFP therapists are connected via the institute and help patients with severe personality disorders to find adequate therapy. Institution where TFP isoffered to patients: Regular training courses, workshops, and supervisions: Approved TFP teachers and supervisors: |
Berlin | TFP-Group Berlin Institut für Psychotherapie e.V. Berlin Goerzallee 5 D-12207 Berlin Phone: +49-(0)30-84186711 Fax: +49-(0)30-84186713 www.ifp-berlin.eu sekretariat@ifp-berlin.de Contact person: The Berlin TFP Group is a working group of the „Institut für Psychotherapie e.V. Berlin“, one of Germany’s largest Institutes for Psychoanalysis. It offers advanced training for specialists in child/ adolescent psychotherapy as well as adult psychotherapy. Institution where TFP is offered to patients: Regular training courses, workshops, and supervisions: Approved TFP teachers and supervisors: Marion Braun, M.A. Martina Drust, M.A. Irma Gleiss, Ph.D. Vivian Heitmann, Ph.D. Gabriele Kehr, M.A. Carolin Keller, M.A. Werner Köpp, M.D. Irmgard Kreft, M.A. Silke von Polenz, M.A. Silvia Weihert, M.A. |
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Hamburg | TFP-Institut Nord (TIN) Website with a list of all TFP therapists in Hamburg: www.tfp-nord.deContact person: Birger Dulz, M.D. Klinik für Persönlichkeits- und Traumafolgestörungen Asklepios Klinik Nord – Ochsenzoll Langenhorner Chaussee 560 D-22419 Hamburg Phone: +49-(0)40-181887-2428/-2328 Fax: +49-(0)40-181887-1536 b.dulz@asklepios.com |
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Switzerland | Münsterlingen | TFP-Group Münsterlingen Contact persons: Gerhard Dammann, MD; Christiane Rösch Psychiatric Hospital P.O. Box 154 CH-8596 Münsterlingen Phone: +41-(0)71-6864021 Fax: +41-(0)71-6864035 gerhard.dammann@stgag.ch christiane.roesch@stgag.ch www.stgag.ch/psychiatrische-dienste-thurgau/angebot-finder/psychiatrie/psychotherapie/psychotherapie-von-persoenlichkeitsstoerungen-b.html The Münsterlingen group focuses on TFP for adult patients and stands in close cooperation with the TFP-Insitute of Munich.The Münsterlingen group focuses on TFP for adult patients and stands in close cooperation with the TFP-Insitute of Munich. Institution where TFP isoffered to patients: Contact: Regular training courses, workshops, and supervisions: Approved TFP teachers and supervisors: Gerhard Dammann, MD Christiane Rösch, Dipl.-Psych. |
Lausanne | TFP-Group Lausanne Contact persons: Dres. Stéphane Kolly, Jessica Droz, Patric Charbon Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois Service de Psychiatrie Générale du DP-CHUV Consultations de Chauderon Place Chauderon 18 1003 Lausanne Phone: +41 (0)21 314 46 92 Fax: +41 (0) 21 314 12 77 stephane.kolly@chuv.ch jessica.droz@chuv.ch patrick.charbon@chuv.chThe Lausanne group focuses on TFP in-patient and outpatient treatment for adult patients and stands in close cooperation with the TFP-Group Münsterlingen/Switzerland. Frank Yeomans MD, PhD (New York) and Louis Diguer, PhD (Québec) are regular supervisors for the Lausanne group. |
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Italy | Parma – Milano | TFP-Group Parma – Milano PDlab – Personality Disorders Lab Contact person: PDlab is a registered scientific association devoted to the treatment, study and research in the area of personality disorders. Specifically, Pdlab’s mission is to foster the knowledge and application of the object relations model of personality pathology within the Italian psychiatric context. Therefore, PDlab encourages affiliation with private and public mental health facilities to develop teaching programs to apply TFP-based treatments as well as research projects. Executive Board of PDlab: Sergio Dazzi, MD, President; Fabio Madeddu. MD, Vice President; Monica Rabaglia, PhD, Secretary; RomoloGadaldi, MD, Treasurer; Susanna Brambilla, MD; Maria Beatrice Cassani, PhD; Chiara De Panfilis, MD; Valentina Di Mattei, PhD; Emanuele Preti. PhD; Antonio Prunas, PhD; AlviseOrlandini, MD; Irene Sarno, PhD Institution where TFP isoffered to patients: Regular training courses, workshops, and supervisions: |
Torino | Group in development Contact person: Philippo Bellavia, MD Istituto di Psicoterapia Psicoanalitica Via dellaConsolate 2 10122-Torino, Italy filippo.bellavia11@gmail.com http://www.ippweb.it/ Institution where TFP is offered to patients: |
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Spain | Barcelona | Grup TLP Barcelona Contact persons: Alfons Icart (PhD), President Grup TLP Barcelona Joan Vegué (MD), Second vice-president Grup TLP Barcelona Mare de Deu del Coll 20 08023 Barcelona Spain Tel: +34-93-2118003 direcciomedica@cpbssm.org gruptlp@gruptlpbarcelona.org http://www.cpbssm.org/ http://www.gruptlpbarcelona.org/Grup TLP Barcelona is a partnership between three institutions: Fundació Orienta, CPB – Serveis Salut Mental and Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), which provides services in the public mental health network that has been created with the aim of promoting training, research, and comprehensive treatment in the field of severe personality disorders. The goals of our group are to provide: ▪ A systematic structured diagnosis for personality disorders ▪ Comprehensive care for BPD in all stages of a patient’s development ▪ Specialized treatment programs ▪ Specific training for our psychotherapists in the field of BPD ▪ Detailed evaluation of the results of our practice ▪ Research projects to contribute to BPD knowledge improvements We are being trained TFP since 2010, now we are doing 4 supervision groups, with a total of 30 professionals doing that training. At the moment Grup TLP Barcelona has in its team: 4 certified teachers and supervisors (Alfons Icart, Joan Vegue, Teresa Ribalta, Maria Jesus Rufat) and 6 certified TFP therapists (Marta Gomà, Luisa Morales, Eulalia Ripoll, Brenda Tarragona, Tuulikki Trias, Esther Verdaguer). We are working in different studies on the effectiveness of the treatment programs for BPD that we offer including TFP and we are working on the adaption of TFP group psychotherapy to our severe BPD patients. Our group has an important previous experience in BPD research, taking part in national and international projects and with published papers in specialized magazines. |
Murcia | Murcia TFP Group Contact person: Luis Valenciano, M.D. Personality Disorders Program, Day Hospital, Hospital Román Alberca, Murcia Murcia, Avenida de la Constitución, 10, 4B Murcia, 30008 Spain lsvalenciano5@gmail.com luisvalenciano@icloud.com luisvalenciano@iperson.es |
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Bilbao | Bilbao TFP Group Contact person: Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Torres, M.D. Dep. Neuroscience University of the Basque Country Psychiatry Service Basurto University Hospital Bilbao Spain miguelangel@alboroto.net |
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United Kingdom | Manchester | Group in development Contact person: Frank Denning, MSc Principal Adult Psychotherapist Macartney House Psychotherapy Service Beech Mount Harpurhey Manchester M9 5XS frank.denning@mhsc.nhs.uk |
The Netherlands | Amsterdam, Leiden, Maastricht | TFP Nederland (TFP Netherlands) Contact persons: Paul Wijts, chairman Sterappelstraat 58 Bunde Paul.wijts@gmail.comNel Draijer, PhD, secretary Leidsekade 101’’ 1017PP Amsterdam Phone: +31-(0)6-41146732 draijerdelouw@hetnet.nlJos van Mosel, treasurer BlauweVogelweg 2A 2333 VK Leiden Phone: +31-(0)71-5150112 j.vanmosel@planet.nl TFP was introduced in the Netherlands in the 1990s by Otto Kernberg and Frank Yeomans. About 50 therapists are trained, supervised and experienced in delivering TFP, while twice as many received some form of TFP training. TFP has been included into the National Guidelines for the Treatment of Personality Disorders (2008) and in formal professional training. A mailing list of TFP-trained clinicians has been gathered by Paul Wijts and Nel Draijer to organize yearly national supervision meetings with Frank Yeomans.The Dutch society ‘TFP Netherlands’ was founded in May 2012. Members of TFP Nederland will be registered clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists or those in training to be registered, and who have received TFP training according to the Society’s criteria, who are actively conducting TFP, and who participate in TFP intervision groups. Junior members (‘aspirants’) are those who have started the theoretical and technical TFP training as well as their own psychoanalytic psychotherapy.Statutes of ‘TFP Nederland’ follow those of the ISTFP. Aims are:
In order to achieve these aims (board) members of TFP Nederland teach TFP in formal post-doc training courses on psychotherapy, clinical psychology, psychoanalysis and psychiatry. They organize national training courses and local supervision opportunities for new members. The society is in close cooperation with the Dutch Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (NVPP), which has a formal ‘license register’ for TFP. The society organizes a yearly national conference on TFP development and practice, in close contact with the Personality Disorders Institute (PDI) in New York (Frank Yeomans). In 2012 TFP Nederland organizes the 2nd International ISTFP conference. Institutions where TFP is offered to patients: Regular training courses, workshops, and supervisions:
Approved TFP teachers and supervisors: Paul Wijts, Maastricht Nel Draijer, PhD, Amsterdam Jos van Mosel, Amsterdam / Leiden Eduarda Vendysova Bakalarova, Amsterdam Kees Kooiman, PhD, Rotterdam / Leiden Marike Steeman, Maastricht |
Denmark | Group in development Contact person: Dr. Birgitte Jacobsen Gravvaengevej 8 5882 Vejstrup Denmark Phone: ++45-29887314 E-Mail: birpsyk@mail.dk “Danish Forum” |
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Sweden | Stockholm | Group in development Contact person: Dr. Sophie Steijer, MD Stureplans läkarpraktik för psykoterapi Humlegardsgatan 13 114 46 Stockholm Phone: +46 8 667 16 79 sophiesteijer@gmail.com |