Sandra: successful psychotherapeutic work with a schizophrenic woman

This presentation concerns a young woman who gradually developed a schizophrenic picture on the basis of a borderline personality, and who recovered after more than 20 years of incapacitating symptoms. Today she sees her psychotherapy as decisive for the outcome. The material was collected from case records as well as from interviews with the patient and her therapist. Special emphasis is laid on the attitude and working methods of the therapist as these were viewed retrospectively by the two participants in the therapeutic process.