Borderline the biography of a personality disorder

"An intimate, compassionate, and expansive portrait of Borderline Personality Disorder that rejects the conventional wisdom that the condition is untreatable and those diagnosed with it are "difficult," told by a psychologist who specializes in BPD"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kriss, Alexander (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2024]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: collective psychosis
  • Prehistory: the first session
  • Splits, hysteria, and the invention of psychotherapy: Fifth Century BCE-1885 CE
  • Psychic death: sessions, weeks 2-19
  • Seduction and fantasy: 1896-1923
  • Fears: sessions, months 6-10
  • Confusion of the tongues: 1908-1933
  • Love: sessions, months 10-12
  • Identity crises: 1939-1980
  • Self-discovery: sessions, year 2
  • Diffusion: 1973-2011
  • Normality: sessions, year 3
  • Integration: 1980-2023
  • Borderline: sessions, year 6.