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. 1997 Winter;6(1):25–35.

Techniques for reducing therapy-interfering behavior in patients with borderline personality disorder. Similarities in four diverse treatment paradigms

David Mark Allen 1
PMCID: PMC3330447  PMID: 9058558

Abstract

Successful management of patient behaviors that interfere with the process of psychotherapy is essential to treating patients with borderline personality disorder. Provocative patient behaviors that induce a strong negative reaction from the therapist must be attenuated. Strategies for doing so used in four different treatment paradigms--Kernberg's expressive psychotherapy, Linehan's dialectical behavior therapy, Benjamin's interpersonal psychotherapy, and Allen's unified psychotherapy--are examined, and striking similarities are seen. A theoretical model is proposed to explain why the techniques may be effective.

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