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THE BORDERLINE/SCHIZOID MARRIAGE: THE HOLDING ENVIRONMENT AS AN ESSENTIAL TREATMENT CONSTRUCT
Author(s) -
McCormack Charles C.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1989.tb00811.x
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , spouse , psychology , orientation (vector space) , constellation , personality , psychotherapist , borderline personality disorder , social psychology , computer science , sociology , physics , geometry , mathematics , astronomy , anthropology , programming language
The borderline/schizoid marital constellation is the prominent constellation among borderline patients on a long‐term inpatient unit. Treatment of this marital constellation, in which each spouse has a severe personality disorder, requires application of the concept of the holding environment as an essential treatment construct, with the therapist as manager of the holding environment. This paper explicates the means of management. With the proposed treatment approach and a long‐term treatment orientation, seemingly hopeless cases can improve.