Four Therapeutic Approaches to the Borderline Patient

This is a study of the relationship between theory and technique in clinical work with the more seriously disturbed patient (borderline, severe character disorder, narcissistic, and psychotic). Despite the polemics between various psychoanalytic theorists, there is much to learn from all of them. The appropriate question is not "Which theory is right?" but "To what clinical issues can the therapist become more sensitive by understanding a given model?"