Debuting as the first manualized psychodynamic treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD), Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Clinical Guide offers clinicians an approachable introduction to an evidence-based, object relations-oriented, psychotherapeutic treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD).

The manual is organized longitudinally into five segments: assessment, contracting, early phase, mid-phase, and advanced phase. Assessment aims to confer the clinician a general understanding of the patient's identity coherence, defense mechanisms, aggressive affects, comorbid conditions, and degree of reality testing. Contracting serves as an objective measure by which to assess technical neutrality. The treatment contract, which is formally agreed upon in the beginning of treatment, addresses suicidality, attendance, substance use, vocational engagement, and payment. The early phase of treatment, which is expected