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Our project began through discussions between Dr. Paulina Kernberg and Dr. Pamela Foelsch followng the publication of Dr. Paulina Kernberg's book explicating personality disorders in children and adolescents (2000). Our goal was to use our understanding that identity formation is fundamental to the development of normal personality and functioning and develop a treatment that could be used to intervene and reduce the likelihood of developing a personality disorders by clearing blockages to normal development. We applied what we've learned from treating adults with personality disorders using Dr Otto Kernberg's model, Transference Focused Psychotherapy, and began to develop modifications appropriate for working with adolescents. After two years of a clinical seminar exploring technique, we formulated a treatment model which has been introduced in Switzerland, Germany and now Chile.
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Our New York team is lead by Dr. Pamela Foelsch in continuing consultation with Dr. Otto Kernberg, since Dr. Paulina Kernberg's death in 2006, and with Drs. Anna Odom and Helen Arena. Dr. Anna Odom heads the research project being conducted in the Outpatient Department of the New York Presbyterian Hospital Westchester Division. Dr. Helen Arena supports the clinical supervision group. The larger working group is comprised of several staff and trainees.
The Basel, Switzerland team is led by Drs. Klaus Schmeck and Susanne Schlüter-Müller of the Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel.
The Cologne, Germany team is led by Dr. Maya Krischer of the University of Cologne.
The Santiago, Chile team is led by Mr. Andreas Borzutzky of the Instituto Medico Schilkrut.
The Quebec, Canada team is lead jointly by Dr Lina Normandin and Karin Ensink at the University de Laval.
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| Pamela A. Foelsch |
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Pamela Foelsch, PhD, Project Leader
This project began in 2004 through discussions with Dr. Paulina Kernberg. Dr. Foelsch began working with Dr. Otto Kernberg's group in 1993 while an Intern at NYH-CMC-WD. When the Personality Disorders Institute was founded in July 1995, she became the first Post-Doctoral Fellow and served as the Project Coordinator for the Treatment Development Study (Dr. John Clarkin, Principal Investigator) which began the process of transforming Dr. Kernberg's clinical approach to treating severe personality disorders into a manualized treatment with empirical evidence for it's effectiveness. Dr. Foelsch served as the Head of the Infomatics and Statistical Core for the Randomized Clinical Trial comparing TFP with DBT and Supportive Psychotherapy in the treatment of patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). During this time, Dr. Foelsch was trained and supervised in TFP by the originator of this treatment, Dr. Otto Kernberg, and became a teacher and supervisor of TFP as well. She remains a Fellow in the Personality Disorders Institute, training and supervising in TFP in New York and abroad. She also has a private practice.
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| Dr. Anna Odom |
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Anna Odom, PhD
Joined our team during the first seminar co-led by Drs. Paulina Kernberg and Pamela Foelsch, while a Post-Doctoral fellow at the NYPH - WD. Her interest, enthusiasm, and experience made her an integral part of the team as we moved from the clinical exploration into the research phase of testing our clinical techniques. She now leads the research study currently being conducted in the outpatient department.
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| Dr Helen Arena |
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Helen Arena, PhD
Joined our team during the first seminar co-led by Drs. Paulina Kernberg and Pamela Foelsch, while a Post-Doctoral fellow at the NYPH - WD. Her interest, enthusiasm, and experience made her an integral part of the team as we moved from the clinical exploration into the research phase of testing our clinical techniques. She now supports the clinical supervision as well as the research study currently being conducted in the outpatient department.
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| Susanne Schluter-Muller and Klaus Schmeck |
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Klaus Schmeck and Susanne Schlüter-Müller
Shortly before Dr. Paulina Kernberg's passing in 2006, she made the introduction between Drs. Klaus and Schlüter-Müller and Dr. Foelsch knowing that the Basel group was interested in exploring more effective ways of working with child and adolescents who showed problems with identity formation. A fruitful collaboration was born. A group of clinicians were introduced to the basics of TFP and the modifications for treating adolescents in March of 2008. A paper was co-authored in Persönlichkeitsstörungen 2008;12:153-162. Annual trainings continue, so check the website for announcements.
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Andrés Borzutzky H., Psicólogo
Began working with us while a Visiting Fellow at the Personality Disorders Institute from 2007 - 2008. He became very interested in our developing treatment, as a method he could bring to an adolescent specialty unit at the Schilkrut Instituto Medico in Santiago. Dr Foelsch was invited to give a presentation in August 2008, and met with clinical staff to discuss cases. A collaboration involving ongoing supervision continues. Check the website for announcements of upcoming trainings open to the public.
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Joaquin Celis and Ana Maria Rodriguez both work at the Unidad de Adolescencia Policinico el Salto and Escuela de Psicologia Universidad de los Andes. They both attended the first AIT presentation in Santiago in August 2008. Both started training cases in 2009, and have become integral members of our international collaborations. Ana Maria also worked in New York with Dr Paulina Kernberg and Dr Pamela Foelsch in 1999-2000 as a Visiting Fellow in the Personality Disorders Institute.
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| Lina Normandin, PhD is a Professor at the Laval University. She has worked for many years with Dr Paulina Kernberg, especially focused on developing a treatment for children who have been sexually abused. She also co-authored "Beyond the Reflection" with Dr Paulina Kernberg on the use of the mirror to assess identity in children and adolescents.
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| Karin Ensink, PhD is a Professor at the University of Laval who has expertise in child development, attachment and mentalization.
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| Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy |
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| Westchester Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
The Adolescent Project group has joined with the WITPP to provide training opportunities in Adolescent Identity Treatment, a modification of TFP. Please browse their website for more information.
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| Dr Maya Krischer |
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Maya K. Krischer, PhD
Worked with Dr. Paulina Kernberg during her post-doctoral training at the NYPH-WD between 2001 and 2004. She has continued to work with our group after her return to Germany, because of her interest in the treatment of adolescents . She is developing a research study in Germany parallel to ours in New York.
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