Working with Borderline Personality Disorder – Psychodynamic Treatment and DBT: Friends or Enemies?
BGSP 1581 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA, United StatesFor many clinical settings, the use of psychodynamic treatment and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) for working with patients with borderline personality disorder are antithetical. In some settings they co-exist, and even enhance outcomes. The fact is, psychodynamic theories are at the foundation of behavioral techniques. Case presentations compare and contrast these approaches to address clinical work with