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To focus on the narrative of self-mutilating borderline patients' inner experiences as the first step in connecting such inner experiences with unconscious motivation is an excellent beginning. The basic thesis of the paper under discussion, that the patient's internal experience is the natural link between observable phenomena and motivational theory, is highly reasonable.
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Otto F. Kernberg (1987) studied this question.
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