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Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders

`Dimaggio, Semerari and colleagues have creatively constructed a cognitive

constructivist model of psychopathology and psychotherapy that thought-

fully integrates cutting edge theory and research regarding personality

disorders, attachment and developmental psychology, cognitive science and

neuroscience, interpersonal and emotional processes and the therapeutic

relationship. The result is a rich rendering of the psychotherapy process

with personality disorders that readily moves back and forth from the

presentation of sophisticated ideas, often grounded in empirical research, to

accessible applications and clinical illustrations ± a treatment guide that is

at once scholarly and practical.'

J. Christopher Muran, Chief Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Beth

Israel Medical Center

`This is an important and intriguing contribution to understanding and

treating personality disorder by a group of authors who are doing some of

the most interesting contemporary work in the ®eld. The volume offers

an innovative perspective that extends our understanding of personality

disorder by describing fundamental metacognitive processes underlying

personality and interpersonal functioning. This work will appeal to both

researchers and clinicians: those studying the disorder will appreciate the in-

depth analysis of personality pathology and clinicians will bene®t from the

sophisticated examination of the reasons why the disorder is so intractable

and thoughtful suggestions for treatment strategies.'

John Livesley, University of British Columbia

`In this remarkable volume, the authors present a theoretical perspective

that not only achieves their stated goal of advancing the understanding and

treatment of personality disorders, but also unstated goals whose achieve-

ment makes the work of exceptionally broad signi®cance to psychological

science. In a seamlessly coherent three-part attack on problems of person-

ality disorder, the authors provide (1) principles for identifying and classi-

fying types of disorder; (2) theoretical analyses of intra-psychic and

interpersonal dynamics that are characteristic of each type; and (3) practical

therapeutic principles that are ®rmly grounded in the basic theory. Yet they

do even more than this. In the psychological science of persons, there is

often a gap between classi®catory, taxonomic efforts, on the one hand, and

analyses of intra-individual personality dynamics, on the other. Taxono-

mists provide simple descriptive schemes, but sometimes at the cost of

portraying the individual simplistically. Students of personality dynamics

grapple with the complex interplay among biological, cognitive, and social

processes, but commonly fail to address the practical need for taxonomic

classi®cation. In a manner that is rare, if not utterly unique, in contem-

porary personality science, the authors advance practical classi®catory

principles while simultaneously treating the subjects being classi®ed ±

evolved, socioculturally situated, self-re¯ective, meaning-constructing,

agentic, coherent individuals ± with the complexity they deserve. The

book accomplishes all of this with exceptional scienti®c breadth and

intellectual sophistication.'

Daniel Cervone, University of Illinois, Chicago

An accurate description of the problems associated with personality

disorders can lead to psychotherapists providing better treatment for their

patients, alleviating some of the dif®culties associated with handling such

disorders. The authors draw on existing therapeutic approaches and con-

cepts to offer a treatment model for dealing with personality disorders.

Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders clearly discusses the models for

different types of personality disorder, along with general treatment

principles, focusing on:

Principles for identifying and classifying types of disorder

Theoretical analyses that are characteristic of each type

Practical therapeutic principles that are grounded in the basic theory.

The language is clinician-friendly and the therapeutic model is illustrated

with clinical cases and session transcripts making this title essential reading

for psychotherapists, personality disorder researchers and cognitive

scientists as well as professionals with an interest in personality disorders.

The Authors are all founding members of the Third Centre of Cognitive

Psychotherapy, Trainers for the Italian Society of Behavioural and Cog-

nitive Therapy (SITCC) and Trainers of the Association of Cognitive

Psychology (APC).

Guest contributors: Laura Conti, Donatella Fiore, Daniela Petrilli, Raffaele

Popolo, Giampaolo Salvatore, Maria Sveva Nobile.

Psychotherapy of Personality

Disorders

Metacognition, States of Mind and

Interpersonal Cycles

Giancarlo Dimaggio, Antonio Semerari,

Antonino Carcione, Giuseppe Nicol Á ,

Michele Procacci

First published 2007 by Routledge

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Ø 2007 Giancarlo Dimaggio, Antonio Semerari, Antonino Carcione,

Giuseppe NicolÁ , Michele Procacci

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any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing

from the publishers.

Every effort has been made to ensure that the advice and information in this

book is true and accurate at the time of going to press. However, neither the

publisher nor the authors can accept any legal responsibility or liability for

any errors or omissions that may be made. In the case of drug administration,

any medical procedure or the use of technical equipment mentioned within

this book, you are strongly advised to consult the manufacturer's guidelines.

This publication has been produced with paper manufactured to strict

environmental standards and with pulp derived from sustainable forests.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Psychotherapy of personality disorders : metacognition, states of mind,

and interpersonal cycles / [edited by] Giancarlo Dimaggio . . . [et al.].

p.;cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-415-41270-4 (hbk)

ISBN-10: 0-415-41270-6 (hbk)

1. Personality disorders±Patients±Treatment. 2. Psychotherapy.

I. Dimaggio, Giancarlo.

[DNLM: 1. Personality Disorders±therapy. 2. Personality Disorders

±diagnosis. WM 190 P641 2006]

RC554.P759 2006

616.85©82±dc22

2006011791

ISBN 0–203–93953–0 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN: 978-0-415-41270-4 (hbk)

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