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P0048 - A new strategy for treatment of borderline personality disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

Y. Ishizuka*
Affiliation:
Independent Private Practice, Rye, NY, USA

Abstract

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Objective:

To demonstrate that borderline personality disorder can be predictably overcome through ‘Breakthrough Intimacy’ - closeness between committed couples far greater than their previous maximum experiences.

Method:

Lifetrack therapy works with couples (the patient and his/her partner in life) bringing them far closer than ever before, guided by their own daily self-rating on 41 parameters that allow accurate graphic tracking via Internet of subtle changes in their personalities during each therapy session. Working in three-way teamwork, the therapist actively helps the couple to achieve closeness far greater than their previous maximum level, overcoming waves of symptom spikes (anxiety, anger, physical-symptoms, depression, and psychosis) until they disappear by exhaustion, as the couples undergo personality transformation.

Results:

The patients typically go through four distinct stages through Lifetrack therapy in the process of personality transformation, with stage IV representing complete transformation. Of the last 182 BPD diagnoses confirmed patients (out of total of 1,170 patients over the last 20 years), 15% reached stage IV, 12% reached stage-III, and 12% reached stage-II at the time of termination. 15% improved without going through typical four stages. However, 23% remained in stage-I and 35% remained in stage-0 at the time of termination.

Conclusion:

Symptoms of borderline personality disorder can be better understood and treated as the consequence of one's personality which can be transformed through ‘Breakthrough Intimacy.’ The result of this study supports an alternative approach in treatment of borderline personality disorder through personality transformation, working in three-way teamwork.

Type
Poster Session I: Personality Disorders
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2008
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