Psychodynamic therapy for personality pathology : treating self and interpersonal functioning /

Caligor, Eve, 1956-

Psychodynamic therapy for personality pathology : treating self and interpersonal functioning / Eve Caligor, Otto F. Kernberg, John F. Clarkin, Frank E. Yeomans. - First edition. - Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781615371815

2018008873


Psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Transference (Psychology)
Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic
Personality Disorders--therapy
Transference, Psychology
Psychotherapy--methods


Electronic Books.

RC489 / .P793 2018