Overcoming Resistant Personality Disorders

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A revolutionary, personalized psychotherapy approach for thetreatment of Axis II personality disorders, by renowned expert Dr.Theodore Millon Acknowledging the primacy of the whole person, Overcoming ResistantPersonality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach takesinto account all of the complexities of human nature--familyinfluences, culture, neurobiological processes, unconsciousmemories, and so on--illustrating that no part of human natureshould lie outside the scope of a clinician's regard. Part of a three-book series, this book provides you with a uniquecombination of conceptual background and step-by-step practicaladvice to guide your treatment of Axis II personalitydisorders. Detailed case studies are provided throughout the text toillustrate the strategies of personalized psychotherapy for: * The Needy/Dependent Prototype * The Sociable/Histrionic Prototype * The Confident/Narcissistic Prototype * The Nonconforming/Antisocial Prototype * The Assertive/Sadistic Prototype * The Conscientious/Compulsive Prototype * The Skeptical/Negativistic Prototype Destined to become an essential reference for trainees andprofessionals, this book makes a revolutionary call to returntherapy to the natural reality of each patient's life, seamlesslyguiding you in understanding the personality and treatment of thewhole, unique, yet complex person.

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Theodore Millon

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"deals with the more benign resistant disorders such as dependentpersonality disorder.... excellent examples of the Millonianwriting style that will be familiar to his manyreaders...highly structured, well organized, yet quitereadable, offering well-reasoned logic as well as wonderful caseexamples. The descriptions of the various personality disorders andtheir subtypes must compete for the absolute best characterizationsof those disorders available in the clinical literature....finework that will engage the reader into process-oriented clinicalsupervision for the most difficult patients. In our view, they makea major contribution to the treatment planning ofcharacter-disordered adolescents and adults."(PsycCRITIQUES, 7/30/08) "Miller and Grossman summarize the logistics of personalizedpsychotherapy in the introduction to their book then proceed todemonstrate the usefulness of Personalized Therapy applicable tothe different personality patterns. The text is complemented bygraphs and tabulations." (The Pediatric Neuropsychologist;8/07)
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