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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824310103321

Autore

Caligor Eve <1956->

Titolo

Psychodynamic therapy for personality pathology : treating self and interpersonal functioning / / Eve Caligor [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, , [2018]

©2018

ISBN

1-61537-352-7

1-61537-181-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (622 pages)

Disciplina

616.89/14

Soggetti

Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic

Personality Disorders - therapy

Transference (Psychology)

Psychotherapy - methods

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : a model of treatment targeting self and interpersonal functioning -- Personality and personality disorders within the framework of object relations theory -- Clinical psychodynamics within the framework of object relations theory : conflict, anxiety, defense, and internal object relations -- Basic tasks and elements of treatment -- The therapeutic relationship : the therapist's attitude and stance, the therapeutic alliance, transference, and countertransference -- Strategies of treatment and mechanisms of change -- Patient assessment and treatment planning -- Establishing the treatment frame -- Essential treatment contracting : behaviors, adjunctive treatments, and medication -- Identifying a focus for intervention -- Intervening I : exploratory interventions and the interpretive process -- Intervening II : transference analysis and tactics guiding the interpretive process -- Intervening III : integrating supportive and exploratory interventions -- Early, middle, and advanced phases of treatment -- Afterword.