PTSD/Borderlines in Therapy: Finding the Balance

by Jerome Kroll

Overview

Taking into account ambiguities in the relationship between childhood abuse experiences, formation of self- destructive personality styles, and subsequent psychotherapy, the author presents a working model that is useful without limiting the practitioner.

Text for psychotherapists examining the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and adult borderline personality disorder, with emphasis on symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393701579
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	06/17/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.20(d)

Editorial Reviews

Critically examines the relationship between childhood sexual abuse and adult borderline personality disorder, with a particular focus on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Taking into account the many ambiguities in the current understanding of the complex relationship between childhood abuse experiences, formation of self-destructive personality styles, and subsequent psychotherapy for these problems, Kroll (psychiatry, U. of Minnesota Medical School) presents a working model that is useful without straitjacketing the practitioner or foreclosing the opportunities for new perspectives. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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