Practical management of personality disorder / W. John Livesley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livesley, W. John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality disorders.

Physical Description:

xii, 420 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2003]

Summary:

This volume takes a multi-level approach to understanding and treating personality disorder, identifying core symptoms and problems that many patients share and providing a comprehensive framework for clinical intervention. Rather than presenting a particular model of therapy, W. John Livesley shows how a wide variety of empirically supported interventions can be used to manage specific components of an integrated treatment plan. Drawing on etiological knowledge as well as outcome research, the book identifies effective strategies for addressing key areas of the patient's psychosocial and biological functioning. The clinician learns how to conceptualize the phases of treatment and use the stages-of-change model as a guide for sequencing and selecting appropriate interventions. Pragmatic and flexible, the research-based strategies presented here are applicable in diverse settings, in therapies ranging from crisis intervention to long-term treatment.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

1572308893

OCLC:

51203955