Personalities Master Clinicians Confront the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorders

by Hellinga, Gerben; Luyn, Bert van; Dalewijk, Henk-Jan

• ISBN13: 9780765702944
• ISBN10: 0765702940
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

There are many approaches to the treatment of patients with borderline personality disorder. In this volume, the editors interview the major proponents of these approaches. The book contains fourteen interviews with a diverse range of therapists. The questions are the same, but the answers are as different as the personalities of the respondents. They discuss the major principles of their treatment, their professional development, and their differences. The interviews also reveal the people behind the theories. What personal motives made them want to work with patients so often considered difficult? Why did they choose or develop the specific methods that they use?

Table of Contents

Introduction: How This Book Came About	vii
Gerald Adler	1	(26)
Salman Akhtar	27	(22)
Lorna Smith Benjamin	49	(26)
John Clarkin	75	(24)
Robert Cloninger	99	(22)
Arthur Freeman	121	(28)
Glen Gabbard	149	(24)
Otto Kernberg	173	(26)
Marsha Linehan	199	(28)
John Livesley	227	(24)
James F. Masterson	251	(22)
Lawrence Rockland	273	(18)
Michael Stone	291	(24)
Jeffrey Young	315	(24)
Epilogue	339	(8)
References	347	(8)
Index	355