Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy

An Integrative, Personality-Based Treatment for Complex Cases
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-59385-382-2
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

For individuals with chronic, complex problems that include multiple Axis I disorders comorbid with personality disorders, the barriers to change are significant. This book presents a powerful therapeutic approach that integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, client-centered, and other techniques to empower patients to overcome these barriers by fostering change in personality. Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy (IRT) is grounded in an innovative case formulation method that systematically links symptoms to maladaptive patterns in attachment relationships. IRT offers a step-by-step framework for structuring interventions to promote learning of new, healthier patterns, while blocking problem behaviors and building a strong therapeutic alliance. A new preface in the paperback edition addresses current developments in IRT research and practice.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benjamin, Lorna Smith

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Introduction and Overview
2. Case Formulation
3. Choosing Interventions
4. Structural Analysis of Social Behavior: The Clarifying Lens
5. Step 1: Collaboration

6. Step 2: Learning about Patterns, Where They Are From, and What They Are For
7. Step 3: Blocking Maladaptive Patterns
8. Step 4: Enabling the Will to Change
9. Step 5: Learning New Patterns
10. Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy in Clinical and Research Contexts

Über Autor(innen)

Lorna Smith Benjamin, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Utah and Founder of the Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy Clinic at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI). She has a small private practice, serves as a consultant at UNI, and gives workshops on psychotherapy with difficult cases.