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Insights into Psychopathy: Where We Stand
The elusiveness of the Vicious Man Psychopathy, the word itself raises fear and entails a feeling of darkness. In the…
Word of the president – April 2024
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Transference Focused Psychotherapy on the Web
Monitoring information on TFP in Google top search results Dear members, As you all know part of the mission of…
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A journey through psychopathy and malignant narcissism
The loss of Dr. Michael Stone has left a void in the community of clinicians and therapists around the world,…
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The ISTFP Ethics Committee
My name is Frank Denning, I am Chair of the Ethics Committee, and I wish to highlight the fundamental importance…
Let’s remember Michael Stone, our dear friend
Last December 2023, The TFP community lost a dear friend with the passing of Dr. Michael Stone. While I never…
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Upcoming TFP Trainings
For all mental health professionals and students
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8th ISTFP Biennial Conference in New York
ISTFP
September 27, 28 and 29, 2024
8th ISTFP Biennial Conference in New York
English – Hybrid Event – Online and In person (New York)
Otto Kernberg, Frank Yeomans, Eve Caligor, John Clarkin, Jill Delaney, Stephan Doering,
Lina Normandin, Emanuele Preti, Vero Steiner, Luis Valenciano
Initiation program in TFP
Instituto TFP Hispanoamerica by Grupo TFP Murcia and Grupo TFP Chile
March to December, 2024
Initiation program in TFP
Spanish – Online
Luis Valenciano, Verónica Steiner, Pepa Gonzalez
Advance program in TFP
Instituto TFP Hispanoamerica by Grupo TFP Murcia and Grupo TFP Chile
March to December, 2024
Advance program in TFP
Spanish – Online
Luis Valenciano, Verónica Steiner, Pepa Gonzalez
Training course in transference-focused psychotherapy for adolescents and adults
TFP Latinoamerica by TFP Uruguay
2024, April-December
Training course in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for adolescents and adults
Spanish – Online
Mónica Eidlin, Frank Yeomans, Miguel Angel Gonzáles Torres, Teresa Ribalta, Brenda Tarragona, Juan Pablo Ahumada
Email your application by following the registration link.
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline, Narcissistic, and Other Severe Personality Disorders
TFP Group Ukraine
April 26, 27, 28 2024
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline, Narcissistic, and Other Severe Personality Disorders
English – Online
Registration end date April 24, 2024
Frank Yeomans, M.D., Ph.D.
Psychotherapy for Adolescents with Personality Disorder
Grupo TFP Puerto Rico
May 2, 2024
1:00pm to 3:30pm
Psychotherapy for Adolescents with Personality Disorder
Spanish – Online (Puerto Rico)
Verónica Steiner and Pepa Gonzalez with Francisco E. Ramos as moderator.
Submit your application by following the registration link
177th APA Annual Meeting – New York
American Psychiatric Association (APA)
May 4 – 8, 2024
177th APA Annual Meeting – New York
English – In Person
Module 1: Introductory Seminar – Introduction to the Method, its Fundamentals, and the Development of TFP
ÖGATAP
4 May 2024
Module 1: Introductory Seminar – Introduction to the Method, its Fundamentals, and the Development of TFP
German- In person
Otto Kernberg, Bernhard Brömmel, Stephan Doering
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New Books on TFP
TFP Manual Translations
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.