[Insecure/disorganized attachment and borderline personality disorder: overcoming therapeutic problems]. / Attachement insécure/désorganisé et trouble de personnalité limite: peut-on sortir de l'impasse thérapeutique?

In this article, the authors discuss the obstacles in the therapeutic relationship with patients with borderline personality disorder because of problematic transference. They present the case of a patient and describe a therapeutic impasse triggered by an exacerbated insecure/disorganized attachment. They discuss strategies to resolve the therapeutic deadlock elaborated according to the attachment theory formulation and the understanding of transference issues.