February 12, 2012 – Dr. Frank Yeomans - Borderline Personality ...

Technical Aspects:
Adapt the therapy to the level of the
pathology
• The more serious the case, the more strict
and fully developed is the frame
• The more serious the case, the more
interpretations will address the primary
nature of the aggression (versus aggression
as a defense against libidinal longings)
• The more brittle the case, the more
flexibility in the technique