Psychoanalytically orientated psychotherapists often take insufficient notice of the social context of their patients, especially when these are borderline patients at a lower level of functioning (Kernberg, 1975). With these patients we must pay more attention to the individual's different reference groups and try to use them therapeutically. This paper discusses the reasons for this and the therapeutic strategies that can be employed.
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