Description
Book SynopsisThis volume provides clinicians with the conceptual background and practical advice they need to use personality theory with patients who exhibit Disruptive Axis II Personality Disorders. Separate chapters focus directly on the needs of Dependent, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Antisocial, Compulsive, and Negativistic Personality Patterns.
Trade Review"deals with the more benign resistant disorders such as dependent personality disorder.... excellent examples of the Millonian writing style that will be familiar to his many readers…highly structured, well organized, yet quite readable, offering well-reasoned logic as well as wonderful case examples. The descriptions of the various personality disorders and their subtypes must compete for the absolute best characterizations of those disorders available in the clinical literature....fine work that will engage the reader into process-oriented clinical supervision for the most difficult patients. In our view, they make a major contribution to the treatment planning of character-disordered adolescents and adults." (
PsycCRITIQUES, 7/30/08)
"Miller and Grossman summarize the logistics of personalized psychotherapy in the introduction to their book then proceed to demonstrate the usefulness of Personalized Therapy applicable to the different personality patterns. The text is complemented by graphs and tabulations." (The Pediatric Neuropsychologist; 8/07)
Table of ContentsPreface.
Part One.
Chapter 1 Personalized Psychotherapy: A Recapitulation.
Part Two.
Chapter 2 Personalized Therapy for the Needy/Dependent Personality Patterns.
Chapter 3 Personalized Therapy for the Sociable/Histrionic Personality Patterns.
Chapter 4 Personalized Therapy for the Confident/Narcissistic Personality Patterns.
Chapter 5 Personalized Therapy for the Nonconforming/Antisocial Personality Patterns.
Chapter 6 Personalized Therapy for the Assertive/Sadistic Personality Patterns.
Chapter 7 Personalized Therapy for the Conscientious/Compulsive Personality Patterns.
Chapter 8 Personalized Therapy for the Skeptical/Negativistic Personality Patterns.
References.
Index.
