Friday, July 15, 2011
Between Fall and Survival.
The Impact of Separation on the Development and Psychotherapy of Borderline Disorders
All their lives, people are faced with different experiences of
separation. When they only manage to succeed to a small extent in
dealing with these experiences of separation, they run the risk of
developing pathological personality structures, which in turn make it
even more difficult for them to deal with separation. This causes major
challenges for education, counseling and psychotherapy.
This topic
will be discussed making special reference to the particularities of
borderline disorders. At the center of the contributions will be three
questions: What roles do burdening experiences of separation play in the
development of borderline disorders? What is the significance of the
topic of ʺseparationʺ in the therapy of patients who suffer from
borderline disorders? How should the topic ʺseparationʺ be addressed in
the conception and execution of psychotherapy with borderline patients?
Conference languages: English, German, Italian (simultaneous translation)
09.00-09.10: Chair: Jürg Rüedi (CH)
Opening of the Plenary Session
09.10-09.55: Andrea Ferrero (I)
Key Lecture I: Dealing with separation. Theoretical and technical issues of
Sequential Brief-Adlerian Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (SB-APP)
09.55-10.15: Discussant: Daniel Dalton (USA)
Queries concerning Key Lecture I
10.15-10.45: Break
10.45-11.10: Eva Presslich-Titscher (A)
Key Lecture II: Therapists as new and other objects: Which Therapy is
Appropriate for Borderline Patients?
11.10-11.20: Discussant: Erik Mansager (CH/USA)
Queries concerning Key Lecture II
11.20-11.45: Kristin White (D)
Key Lecture III: The relevance of evidence based treatment forms for
the everyday life of the psychodynamic psychotherapist
11.45-11.55: Discussant: Erik Mansager (CH/USA)
Queries concerning Key Lecture III
11.55-12.30: Open Discussion
