Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP-E)
Explore patterns in emotions, relationships and the sense of self
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP-E) is a structured approach that considers how emotional experiences and relationship patterns can affect your life. Your psychologist will explain the approach, discuss suitability and agree on a framework for the work.
About Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP-E)
Making room to understand relationship experiences
The therapeutic conversation can provide a place to notice how you experience yourself and other people, especially when feelings are strong or relationships feel difficult. The work considers recurring patterns and the meanings you attach to them. Your psychologist will explain how TFP-E is used in the practice, discuss your goals and make the process clear before proceeding.
- A clear framework for the therapeutic work
- Attention to emotions and relationship patterns
- Goals and expectations discussed together
- Regular review of your experience of therapy
Therapeutic Approach
Understanding experiences within a structured therapeutic relationship
The work begins with a discussion of suitability, goals and expectations. Your psychologist will explain the process and agree on how the sessions will be approached.
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Agreeing on a framework
Discuss your concerns, the purpose of the work and practical expectations for the sessions.
A shared understanding provides a clear starting point.
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Noticing relationship patterns
Explore ways you experience yourself and others, including patterns that appear in the therapeutic conversation.
The focus remains connected with the concerns you bring.
03
Understanding emotional experience
Consider strong feelings, different perspectives and the meanings attached to difficult interactions.
Your psychologist helps make the process clear as it unfolds.
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Reviewing and connecting insights
Discuss what you are noticing and how it relates to relationships and experiences beyond the sessions.
Goals and the experience of therapy are reviewed together.
Areas of Support
Relationship and emotional themes you may wish to explore
These examples provide a starting point for a suitability discussion. The focus of therapy is agreed around your own circumstances and goals.
Relationship difficulties
Explore patterns that make it difficult to feel understood or connected in relationships.
Views of self and others
Consider how the way you experience yourself or another person can shift across different situations.
Strong emotional responses
Make space to understand feelings that become intense or difficult to make sense of.
Recurring conflict
Explore familiar disagreements and the expectations or emotional responses associated with them.
Closeness and distance
Consider patterns around trust, connection, disappointment or withdrawing from others.
Making sense of experiences
Bring together different perspectives on recurring experiences and what they mean to you.