Description: In collaboration with colleagues at the Personality Disorders Institute (PDI) of Weill Cornell Medical Center (WCMC), we have evaluated the process and outcome of a manualized treatment for borderline personality disorder called Transference Focused Psychotherapy (TFP).
1. Clarkin, J. F., Meehan, K. B., De Panfilis, C., & Doering, S. (in press). Empirical Foundations of Transference Focused Psychotherapy: Assessment, Treatment Process, and Outcome. American Journal of Psychotherapy.
2. Meehan, K. B., Cain, N. M., Roche, M. J., Fertuck, E. A., Sowislo, J. F., & Clarkin, J. F. (in press). Evaluating Change in Transference, Interpersonal Functioning, and Trust Processes in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Single-Case Study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. Journal of Personality Disorders.
3. Kivity, Y., Levy, K. N., Wasserman, R. H., Beeney, J. E., Meehan, K. B., & Clarkin, J. F. (2019). Conformity to prototypical therapeutic principles and its relation with change in reflective-functioning in three treatments for borderline personality disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(11), 975–988.
4. Levy, K. N., Meehan, K. B., Clouthier, T. L., Yeomans, F. E., & Clarkin, J. F. (2017). Transference-focused psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder. In Fishman, D. B., Messer, S. B., Edwards, D. J. A., & Dattilio, F. M. (Eds.), Case Studies Within Psychotherapy Trials: Expanding the Gold Standard. New York: Oxford University Press.
5. Diamond, D., Clarkin, J. F., Levy, K. N., Meehan, K. B., Cain, N. M., Yeomans, F. E., & Kernberg, O. F. (2014). Change in attachment and reflective function in borderline patients with and without comorbid narcissistic personality disorder in transference focused psychotherapy. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 50, 175-210.
6. Diamond, D., & Meehan, K. B. (2013). Attachment and object relations in patients with narcissistic personality disorder: Implications for therapeutic process and outcome. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 69(11), 1148-1159.
7. Levy, K. N., Meehan, K. B., & Yeomans, F. E. (2012). An update and overview of the empirical evidence for transference-focused psychotherapy and other psychotherapies for borderline personality disorder. In R. Levy, J.S. Ablon, & H. Kaechele (Eds.), Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Research: Evidence-Based Practice and Practice-Based Evidence. New York: Springer.
8. Levy, K. N., Meehan, K. B., & Yeomans, F. E. (2010). Transference-focused psychotherapy reduces treatment dropout and suicide attempters compared with community psychotherapist treatment in borderline personality disorder. Evidence-Based Mental Health, 13, 119.
9. Levy, K. N., Meehan, K. B., Kelly, K. M., Reynoso, J. S., Weber, M., Clarkin, J. F., & Kernberg, O. F. (2006). Change in attachment patterns and reflective function in a randomized control trial of transference focused psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 74, 1027-1040.
