Moderating Severe Personality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach

by Theodore Millon, Seth D. Grossman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471717720
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/16/2007
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Theodore Millon, PhD, DSc, formerly Professor at Harvard Medical School and the University of Miami, is currently Dean and Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology in Coral Gables, Florida. Dr. Millon is one of the world's leading authorities on psychopathology and personality disorders. Developer of the widely used Millon personality assessment inventories, he has been the editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders, President of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, and a key member of the DSM-III and DSM-IV Task Forces.

Seth Grossman, PsyD, is a codeveloper of several personality inventories, and coauthor of numerous theoretical, research, and clinical papers with Dr. Millon. He is also the coauthor with Dr. Millon of Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition (Wiley).

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Table of Contents

Preface ix

Part One

CHAPTER 1 Personalized Psychotherapy: A Recapitulation 3

Part Two

CHAPTER 2 Personalized Therapy for the Retiring/Schizoid Personality Patterns 51

CHAPTER 3 Personalized Therapy for the Shy/Avoidant Personality Patterns 85

CHAPTER 4 Personalized Therapy for the Pessimistic/Depressive Personality Patterns 123

CHAPTER 5 Personalized Therapy for the Aggrieved/Masochistic Personality Patterns 159

CHAPTER 6 Personalized Therapy for the Eccentric/Schizotypal Personality Patterns 195

CHAPTER 7 Personalized Therapy for the Capricious/Borderline Personality Patterns 225

CHAPTER 8 Personalized Therapy for the Suspicious/Paranoid Personality Patterns 271

References 313

Index 335

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"…deals with the more severely impaired patients such as those with borderline 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. Those descriptions alone are worth the price of these paperback books." (PsycCRITIQUES, 7/30/08)

Editorial Reviews

"…deals with the more severely impaired patients such as those with borderline 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. Those descriptions alone are worth the price of these paperback books." (PsycCRITIQUES, 7/30/08)

From the Publisher