Short-Term Psychotherapy for the Borderline Personality Disorder

This paper presents concepts of short-term therapy as utilized with borderline personality disorder. Criteria for patient selection as well as contraindications for its use are presented. Many clinical symptoms are rubricated under borderline disorders. One major consideration in diagnosis is based on the discernment of when developmental arrests have occurred. The author's opinion is that short-term integrative psychotherapeutic procedures can be beneficial for patients struggling with any of the developmental subphases. The concepts expressed in this paper are mostly applicable to more developed individuals, who have progressed in differentiating themselves from others, but who still present primitive characteristics and relationships.