Practical Management of Personality Disorder

by Livesley, W. John

• ISBN13: 9781572308893
• ISBN10: 1572308893
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-05-22
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

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. 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.

Author Biography

W. John Livesley is Professor and former Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction	1	(16)
Chapter 2 A Framework for Understanding Normal and Disordered Personality	17	(39)
Chapter 3 The Origins of Personality Disorder	56	(26)
Chapter 4 The Process of Change	82	(34)
Chapter 5 Assessment	116	(32)
Chapter 6 Treatment Planning and the Treatment Contract	148	(23)
Chapter 7 General Therapeutic Strategies	171	(31)
Chapter 8 Safety and Containment: Treating Symptoms and Crises	202	(27)
Chapter 9 Regulation and Control: Treating Affects and Impulses	229	(25)
Chapter 10 Regulation and Control: Treating Trauma and Dissociative Behavior	254	(19)
Chapter 11 Exploration and Change: Treating Self and Interpersonal Problems	273	(32)
Chapter 12 Exploration and Change: Treating Maladaptive Traits	305	(23)
Chapter 13 Integration and Synthesis: Treating Core Pathology	328	(26)
Chapter 14 Implementation and Concluding Comments	354	(17)
Appendix Self-State Description	371	(4)
References	375	(36)
Index	411