Handbook Of Dynamic Psychotherapy For Higher Level Personality Pathology

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This book provides an approach to understanding and treating higher level personality pathology. It describes a specific form of treatment called "dynamic psychotherapy for higher level personality pathology" (DPHP), which was designed specifically to treat the rigidity that characterizes that condition. Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy for Higher Level Personality Pathology provides a hands-on approach to a treatment method that offers a broad range of patients the opportunity to modify maladaptive personality functioning in ways that can permanently enhance their quality of life. The authors provide a clear, specific, and comprehensive description of how to practice DPHP from beginning to end, presented in jargon-free exposition using extensive clinical illustrations. Throughout, the book emphasizes fundamental clinical principles that enable the clinician to think through clinical decisions moment-to-moment and also to develop an overall sense of the trajectory and goals of treatment. Taking a diagnosis-driven approach, the book describes goals, strategies, tactics, and techniques, demonstrating the flexibility of the approach across a relatively long course of treatment. Finally, the authors provide a sophisticated discussion of integrating dynamic psychotherapy with medication management and other forms of treatment.

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HANDBOOK OF DYNAMIC PS YC HOTHE RA PY F O R HI G H E R LE V EL PERS O N A LI T Y PA THOLOGY This page intentionally left blank HANDBOOK OF DYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY F O R HI G H E R LE V EL PERS O N A LI T Y PA THOLOGY Eve Caligor, M.D. Otto F. Kernberg, M.D. John F. Clarkin, Ph.D. Washington, DC London, England Note: The authors have worked to ensure that all information in this book is accurate at the time of publication and consistent with general psychiatric and medical standards. As medical research and practice continue to advance, however, therapeutic standards may change. Moreover, specific situations may require a specific therapeutic response not included in this book. For these reasons and because human and mechanical errors sometimes occur, we recommend that readers follow the advice of physicians directly involved in their care or the care of a member of their family. Books published by American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., represent the views and opinions of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the policies and opinions of APPI or the American Psychiatric Association. To purchase 25 to 99 copies of this or any other APPI title at a 20% discount, please contact APPI Customer Service at [email protected] or 800-368-5777. To purchase 100 or more copies of the same title, please e-mail us at [email protected] for a price quote. Copyright © 2007 American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Manufactured in the United States of America on acid-free paper 11 10 09 08 07 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition Typeset in Adobe’s Janson Text, Univers, and VAG Rounded. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. 1000 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22209-3901 www.appi.org Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Caligor, Eve, 1956– Handbook of dynamic psychotherapy for higher level personality pathology / Eve Caligor, Otto F. Kernberg, John F. Clarkin. — 1st ed. p. ; cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-58562-212-2 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1. Psychodynamic psychotherapy. 2. Personality disorders—Treatment. I. Kernberg, Otto F., 1928– II. Clarkin, John F. III. Title. [DNLM: 1. Personality Disorders—therapy. 2. Psychotherapy—methods. WM 190 C153h 2007] RC489.P72C35 2007 616.