Item Tag: Russell Meares

Borderline Personality Disorder and the Conversational Model: A Clinician’s Manu

While they seem deceptively simple, the conversations of the model can and do touch the dissociative patient’s sense of self as powerfully as a mother’s acknowledging glance to her baby: I know you! The explanations of how each minute particular of conversation fits into a larger system provide a valuable learning experience for both experienced and inexperienced therapists.