Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder and Narcissism - with Dr. Frank Yeomans

An introductory lecture for Transference Focused Therapy, given by Dr. Frank Yeomans.

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[malexander]

What an incredible person! Patients with these conditions can be so challenging to deal with and yet he has so much emotional intelligence, patience, insight and empathy and explains things so well. Amazing video for healthcare professionals :)

[simonfellows]

the most enjoyable thing about Yeomans is his very obvious humility. That screams volumes about him. Lovely, lovely.. Thankyou for posting.

[majidasbeity]

If I could give myself a precious gift, it would be a session with Dr. Frank yeomans ❤

[richardkasper]

Simple acts of charity or helping others can often be the best key to getting ones mind off of itself. It opens the heart up and can relieve pressure on the mind, and gets the focus off of oneself and by giving your also recieving. It promotes self love in a good way because by taking care of yourself you can provide for others and puts your problems in a true-er

[FlowerUruguay]

14:35 boom! That’s why I feel once I make peaces with my own aggression I’ll be better at dealing with conflict

[theboywithaflowertattoo]

I love Frank! He’s an absolute G when it comes to understanding and articulating Cluster B’s 🤙

[merldog]

Thank you - I just love growing new neural pathways.

[wendi]

I've tried many types of therapy over 40 years and no one ever shared with me what diagnosis they assigned. I'm working with an EMDR, gestalist currently. I know I have early trauma. But not even that has been verbalized. All the therapist has said is i do not find mental illness in you, just alot of confusion. I keep trusting the process at any rate.

[accordionSWE]

Thank you Psyflix for posting this lecture by Dr. Frank Yeomans.

[ddjhackers]

Such a kind and nice doctor❤, truly compassionate and opening his knowledge and heart❤

[accordionSWE]

As a layman, and as a member from a dysfunctional family, I have always been intrigued by the contradictory behavior from people that suffer from NPD. 

What is the behavior I have seen? 

Most of the time it all takes place at parties or other social events that naturally makes people more relaxed and focused on leisure. The person with NPD is the odd person at the event because in some way the party is not about them or do not accommodate them according to some arbitrary norm that is not stated by the suffering person but should be known by everybody present. The person suffering from NPD is haughty, overbearing, stiff and putting wet blankets over everything and everyones experience. The person suffering from NPD both berates and humiliates other guests that naturally have their guard down until he or she reaches the guest that finally says no and instantly a scene breaks out. The rule is that the person that suffers from NPD denies it all and without any shame expects an apology from the person that protested. The person with NPD felt attacked and there were no awareness of the own behavior until he or she found the guest that said stop. It is like the position stated in the video, everything aggressive comes from the outside and inside there is no aggression to be identified.

[kwatness]

As i listened to this very helpful talk, i saw connections between this model and IFS. Its just amazing how we manage to survive in rhevworld following traumatic experiences.

[blahblah-iu]

The fact that he had a narcissist patient that described a traumatic experience to him, and he cried due to having an empathetic response toward the patient and the patient thought "You're mocking me". WOW. That is astounding. I feel so bad for Dr. Yeomans! I don't know about anyone else, but it feels bad when you have deep empathy for someone, and they reject it let alone tell you that your motives are not to be empathetic and you're doing something sinister. That is next level bizarre. They are so delusional. My father is like this, and it is maddening. It is like everything is precisely backwards of actual reality to them.

[nadaarif]

You’re a gift to us Dr. You’re a gift to us Dr. Yeomans. Such an incredibly difficult disorder to work with; you must have the patience of a saint, and a heart of gold…. Thank you for the work that you do 💛

[luishizaru]

I just wish I could work with someone as well-trained, intelligent, talented, and compassionate as this doctor. Living with a personality disorder is extremely difficult, and I feel that finding the right help, that’s not beyond my financial reach is just as hard. I have promised myself that as long as I choose not to ending it all for me, the only other option I have is to keep trying to heal. It helps to at least know that there are some competent people out there, even if they’re way beyond my reach.

[jimlawson]

Thank you Doctor. This is the most concise and clear description I've ever heard of what I have been dealing with in my own marriage for the past thirty eight years. I cannot tell you how much it means to have a framework described that makes sense of the chaos and needless pain.

[cameliaancacoca]

God bless the Masters of this planet! Thank you Mr. Yeomans

[ravingredpanda]

Thanks for putting this out there! Liking, sharing, commenting, subscribing, all that stuff, this needs a signal boost. :D

[rhythmofheaven]

“Neutral” is what my personality disorder clients describe me as and tell me it’s helpful.

[catherinewilson]

Just discovered this channel. Dr Yeoman is an amazing person and analyst. Love to listen to him! Thank you ❣️