What is it about?
The purpose of this inquiry is to explore the experience of Borderline Personality Disorder with the aim of developing a more liberating approach to its diagnosis and treatment. Ontological insecurity describes a number of aspects of the participant’s distress. To conclude, some general implications of this research for psychotherapy are briefly explored.
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Why is it important?
The phenomenological aspects of ontological insecurity can explain how borderline conditions occur.
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This page is a summary of: Ontological Insecurity: A Guiding Framework for Borderline Personality Disorder, Journal of Phenomenological Psychology, January 2010, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/156916210x503100.
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