Anatomy of a Splitting Borderline: Description and Analysis of a Case History [Hardcover]

Rene Muller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0275949753 | ISBN-13: 978-0275949754

Borderline personality disorder is a diagnosis often given to those who have serious problems with self-image and mood, as well as with interpersonal relations. This text presents a journal of a 15-month course of therapy with a classic splitting borderline patient, followed by an in-depth analysis of the case from three very different, but ultimately converging, perspectives. While there is a large and growing literature on borderline personality disorder, Anatomy of a Splitting Borderline is the first book-length study of a borderline patient, expressly revealing facets of this mental illness and its therapeutic challenge that could only be summarized in previous, briefer case histories. Psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, psychologists, social workers, and those in training in these professions are the audience for this ground-breaking book.

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.,."A superb presentation of borderline functioning. I have already added this book to my graduate students' reading lists....Muller offers his invitations in a circumspect, exceptionally clear style. In both case presentation and analysis, he does not argue or summarize, but rather respects a life's complexity and ambiguity as he draws understandings from multiple perspectives."-Contemporary Psychology

Book Description

Presents a journal of a 15-month course of therapy with a classic splitting borderline patient, followed by an in-depth analysis of the case.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (October 30, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275949753
• ISBN-13: 978-0275949754
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,117,985 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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