Borderline Treatment: Overall Objectives
Help patient to incorporate the
Healthy Adult mode, modeled after the therapist, to:
Empathize with and
protect the Abandoned Child
Help the Abandoned Child
to give and receive love
Fight against, and
expunge, the Punitive Parent
Re-channel the Angry
& Impulsive Child to express emotions & needs appropriately; reaffirm childs basic rights
Reassure, and gradually
replace, the Detached Protector