Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy An Integrative, Personality-Based Treatment for Complex Cases

by Benjamin, Lorna Smith

• ISBN13: 9781593853822
• ISBN10: 1593853823
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-22
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

For individuals with chronic, complex problems that include multiple Axis I disorders comorbid with personality disorders, the barriers to change are significant. This book presents a powerful therapeutic approach that integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, client-centered, and other techniques to empower patients to overcome these barriers by fostering change in personality. Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy (IRT) is grounded in an innovative case formulation method that systematically links symptoms to maladaptive patterns in attachment relationships. IRT offers a step-by-step framework for structuring interventions to promote learning of new, healthier patterns, while blocking problem behaviors and building a strong therapeutic alliance. A new preface in the paperback edition addresses current developments in IRT research and practice.

Author Biography

Lorna Smith Benjamin, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah and Co-Director of the Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy Clinic at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute. She is the author of Interpersonal Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders, Second Edition.

Table of Contents

Introduction and Overview	1	(30)
Case Formulation	31	(41)
Choosing Interventions	72	(48)
Structural Analysis of Social Behavior: The Clarifying Lens	120	(34)
Step 1: Collaboration	154	(39)
Step 2: Learning about Patterns, Where They Are From, and What They Are For	193	(33)
Step 3: Blocking Maladaptive Patterns	226	(36)
Step 4: Enabling the Will to Change	262	(37)
Step 5: Learning New Patterns	299	(26)
Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy in Clinical and Research Contexts	325	(27)
References	352	(12)
Index	364