Thursday, June 21, 2007

Moderating Severe Personality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach [Paperback]

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Author: Theodore Millon
ISBN : 9780471717720
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A revolutionary, personalized psychotherapy approach for the treatment of Axis II personality disorders, by renowned expert Dr. Theodore Millon

Acknowledging the primacy of the whole person, Moderating Severe Personality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach takes into account all of the complexities of human nature - family influences, culture, neurobiological processes, unconscious memories, and so on--illustrating that no part of human nature should lie outside the scope of a clinician's regard.

Part of a three book series, this book provides you with a unique combination of conceptual background and step-by-step practical advice to guide your treatment of Axis II personality disorders.

Detailed case studies are provided throughout the text to illustrate the strategies of personalized psychotherapy for:

  • Retiring/Schizoid Personality Patterns
  • Shy/Avoidant Personality Patterns
  • Pessimistic/Depressive Personality Patterns
  • Aggrieved/Masochistic Personality Patterns
  • Eccentric/Schizotypal Personality Patterns
  • Capricious/Borderline Personality Patterns
Destined to become an essential reference for trainees and professionals, this book makes a revolutionary call to return therapy to the natural reality of each patient's life, seamlessly guiding you in understanding the personality and treatment of the whole, unique, yet complex person.
  • Paperback: 360 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (April 20, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 047171772X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471717720
  • Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.4 x 9.1 inches
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Moderating Severe Personality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach

Preface.

Part One.


Chapter 1 Personalized Psychotherapy: A Recapitulation.

Part Two.


Chapter 2 Personalized Therapy for the Retiring/Schizoid Personality Patterns.


Chapter 3 Personalized Therapy for the Shy/Avoidant Personality Patterns.


Chapter 4 Personalized Therapy for the Pessimistic/Depressive Personality Patterns.


Chapter 5 Personalized Therapy for the Aggrieved/Masochistic Personality Patterns.


Chapter 6 Personalized Therapy for the Eccentric/Schizotypal Personality Patterns.


Chapter 7 Personalized Therapy for the Capricious/Borderline Personality Patterns.


Chapter 8 Personalized Therapy for the Suspicious/Paranoid Personality Patterns.


References.


Index.

I've had minor difficulties with what sometimes seems to me to be his over-simplification of the therapies involved in the treatment of the PDs. I've had similarly =minor= difficulties with his explanations of their supposed structure. Regardless, there's no question that when it comes to Axis II, =no= one knows this stuff like Teddy Millon.

I found it easy to equate Millon's =exhaustive= (but fascinating) "characters" with the experiential learning, reward and reinforcement and affect-and-belief-driven appraisal systems that underlie these culturally guided constructions of ego defense "complexes."

The reader should find no problems marrying Millon's views to those of Aaron Beck and Arthur Freeman, John Clarkin and Mark Lenzenweger, John Livesley, Michael Stone, or the American Psychoanalytic Association's =PDM=. Those who see personality through developmental lenses like those provided by Bowlby, Baumrind, Erikson and Paiget should have no problems here.

That these personas are simply extreme versions of George Kelly's mid-century model of "personal constructs" comes through quickly and clearly.

MSPD:APPA is the first of a two-volume set updating the authors' monumental =Personality Guided Therapy= (1999). Fairly much everything from PGT has been lifted and/or updated, and new sections (with new PDs, including "hypomanic") have been added. At less than a c-note for two newer books, I know of no better way to go for those who want to dig into Axis II for the first time, as well as take a second run at it after having been through PGT.
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