Practical management of personality disorder

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Practical management of personality disorder

W. John Livesley

Guilford Press, c2003

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-409) and index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction
  • A framework for understanding normal and disordered personality
  • The origins of personality disorder
  • The process of change
  • Assessment
  • Treatment planning and the treatment contract
  • General therapeutic strategies
  • Safety and containment: treating symptoms and crises
  • Regulation and control: treating affects and impulses
  • Regulation and control: treating trauma and dissociative behavior
  • Exploration and change: treating self and interpersonal problems
  • Exploration and change: treating maladaptive traits
  • Integration and synthesis: treating core pathology
  • Implementation and concluding comments

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