The Personality Disorders Institute (PDI) under the leadership of Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., director, and John F. Clarkin, Ph.D., co-director, is an internationally recognized group of mental health professionals examining the range of personality pathology, including that of borderline personality disorder, and developing empirically supported treatment for these patients. Individuals suffering from personality disorder are characterized by disturbances in self-definition and functioning, and disturbances in their interpersonal relations. Personality disorders are often accompanied by depression, anxiety, self-destructive and suicidal behavior, and serious disturbances in intimate relations, social relations, and work productivity.
The interdisciplinary professionals in the PDI have authored and edited multiple books on psychodynamic theory, practice, techniques, and research findings. These experts have lectured at major conferences concerning personality pathology internationally.
Our team provides training on the treatment of personality pathology both nationally and internationally. We have helped establish TFP training and research sites in Quebec City, Canada; Munich, Germany; Vienna, Austria; London, England; and the Netherlands.
We invite you to explore our site to further your knowledge of our multiple pursuits.
Seminars & Conferences More Details
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy Program
Sponsored by the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, September 6, 2011 - June 5, 2012
Supervision and Presentation
Barcelona, May 17 - 20, 2012
Adolescent Research Group Meeting
Frankfurt, September 25 - 26, 2012
ESSPD Meeting
Amsterdam, September 27 - 29, 2012
CME Course on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
2nd International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27 - 29, 2012
2nd Meeting of the International Society for Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
Amsterdam, September 30, 2012
NOTE: The STIPO is currently undergoing a revision. We anticipate that a PDF of the revised STIPO will be available on this website in October 2011.
Recently Published More Details
New edition of
Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: Focusing
on Object Relations
by Clarkin, Yeomans & Kernberg
Treatment manual for patients with less severe personality disorders:
Caligor, E., Kernberg, O.F., & Clarkin, J.F. (March 2007).
Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality
Pathology.
The PDI completed data analysis on the randomized, controlled
trial of three treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder:
Clarkin, Levy, Lenzenweger, Kernberg (2007)
Evaluating three treatments for borderline personality disorder:
a multiwave study.
The nature of personality disorders and their treatment:
Levy, Wasserman, Scott, Yeomans (2009).
Empirical evidence for transference focused psychotherapy and
other psychodynamic psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder.
Please Note: Due to new Federal regulations, we are not able to respond to any clinical questions by e-mail. This includes requests for referrals. In most parts of the country, information regarding referrals can be obtained from the local branches of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the National Association of Social Workers. They often have lists of therapists who specialize in specific areas of treatment.
For more information about borderline personality — both about the condition and about resources — please visit the Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center.
Our Affiliate
The Personality Studies Institute
at 286 Madison Avenue, Penthouse
New York, NY 10017
212-213-0310
Members of this institute focus on teaching and training mental health professionals in TFP. In addition we continue to research aspects of personality disorders and offer treatment through our individual practices. View website.
White Plains, New York 10605