Application of Clinical Psychology

Application of Clinical Psychology Transferencefocused psychotherapy (TFP) is an intervention, which is according to Stern and Yeomans (n.d.) “grounded in contemporary psychoanalytic theory” with the psychoanalytic thinking having much to offer in the understanding and treatment of individuals with personality disorders. Treatment guidelines created for TFP in the form of a manual. According to Stern and Yeomans (n.d.) at the time of the article TFP demonstrated efficacy with two randomized clinical trials for the treatment of BPD symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is the intervention devised by Marsha Lineham is an innovative method of treatment specifically designed for the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD) as an optimistic treatment preserving the therapist’s confidence (Psych Central, 2007). A wealth of research completed proved the intervention as effective in the treatment for DBT (Psych Central, 2007). The use of TFP would consist of a treatment contract that is a mutual agreement between the patient and client with conditions as the framework for the treatment (Stern & Yeomans, n.d.). The patient will use therapeutic techniques such as clarifying of his or her internal state, confronting observed contradictions, and interpreting to help with the explanation of divisions as well as the links between states. In DBT uses techniques that are specific with acceptance and validating the patient so to counter the patients self-invalidation (Psyche Cental, 2007).

In the interventions of TFP it is the patient and his or her relationship with the therapist who are the main players in the treatment process. In DBT groups and others Treatment within the DBT intervention deals with a network of people s involved with the patient through personally or professionally involved. The DBT intervention uses the service of other professionals in working with the patient, and if the patient has a issues with the other