SANDRA - SUCCESSFUL PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC WORK WITH A SCHIZOPHRENIC WOMAN

THIS PRESENTATION concerns a young woman who gradually developed a sch izophrenic picture on the basis of a borderline personality, and who r ecovered after more than 20 years of incapacitating symptoms. Today sh e sees her psychotherapy as decisive for the outcome. The material was collected from case records as well as from interviews with the patie nt and her therapist. Special emphasis is laid on the attitude and wor king methods of the therapist as these were viewed retrospectively by the two participants in the therapeutic process.