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"It's refreshing to find an approach to cognitive therapy that gives full consideration to the real-life, messy issues of feelings, motivations, and even unconscious processes....One has high expectations of a clinical writing team headed by Aaron Beck, whose work in cognitive therapy of depression and anxiety is now classic. This book continues the tradition in the domain of personality disorders. Perhaps its greatest overarching contribution is in emphasizing how good psychotherapy is at once systematic, flexible, and humanistic.'' --Psychotherapy in Private Practice
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This is another classic book in the 'Beckian' style--scholarly and eminently readable, a superb and much needed treatment guide. Breaking new ground again in this unusually challenging work, Beck, Freeman and their associates have produced an exceptionally useful handbook, not only for those who follow in the cognitive-behavioral tradition, but for all therapists who seek to enrich their insights and methodologies for working with the personality disorders....All in all, the Beck-Freeman volume is a major milestone in the progress of therapy for this large class of difficult-to-treat disorders -- Theodore Millon, Ph.D., University of Miami and Harvard Medical School --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"Books from Dr. Beck and his associates have invariably displayed originality, scholarship, and depth, as well as profound sensitivity to the problems of patients with all forms of psychological difficulty. In this singular new edition of a classic treatment guide, the authors once again demonstrate their groundbreaking cognitive model of the personality disorders. Presented is an expanded, even more powerful set of extraordinary conceptual and clinical tools. This volume can be recommended enthusiastically to all who work with this difficult patient population, including experienced clinicians as well as novice practitioners and graduate students. Clinically rich, insightful, and humane."--Theodore Millon, PhD, DSc, Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology

"Personality disorders cause untold suffering in millions of people, and empirically supported therapies are almost nonexistent. What is the scientist-practitioner to do? Application of cognitive-behavioral conceptualizations and interventions makes obvious sense. This volume, a revised and updated edition of a classic, is essential reading for students, teachers, clinicians, and researchers who seek to understand and treat these debilitating disorders."--Jacqueline B. Persons, PhD, San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy and University of California, Berkeley

"Remarkably clear and well-articulated, this volume makes substantial new contributions by further elaborating and specifying the cognitive theory of personality disorders, reviewing new research on both the theory and therapy, and providing detailed discussions (with new clinical case illustrations) of assessment and treatment of ten different personality disorders. It also provides recommendations on how to manage the therapeutic relationship and create individualized approaches for particular patients. Informed by the work of thirteen expert practitioners, the volume combines state-of-the art theoretical and technical knowledge with critical clinical experience, judgment, and wisdom. All practitioners of cognitive or behavioral psychotherapy, as well as more psychodynamically oriented clinicians, will benefit immensely from this work, as will clinical psychology students, psychiatric residents, and students in related fields. The clear conceptualization of the personality disorders and practical illustrations of how to apply these concepts in practice will undoubtedly improve the reader's treatment skills, therapeutic results, and day-to-day professional satisfaction."--A. John Rush, MD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

"...the diversity of the authors leads to a richness that is sometimes lacking when a single narrative perspective is applied to so broad a range of clinical presentations....an integrative, pragmatic book, which draws upon cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and even psychodynamic traditions. It is bold and ambitious, and it is necessary reading for those interested in the development of personality disorders, and in the development of personality itself."--Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Book Reviews

"The treatment approach is clearly stated. Case examples are included so the reader can see how the cognitive strategy is applied....If you want to know about cognitive therapy as applied to personality disorders, this is the book to read....I really enjoyed this book because it contains the ABC's of cognitive therapy. The case examples are poignant and you can see how cognitive therapy principles are applied with each patient. Many of the authors are household names in the field, prominent experts who know what they are talking about. 4 Stars!"--Doody's Electronic Journal

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Paperback: 412 pages
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Second Edition edition (December 19, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1593854765
ISBN-13: 978-1593854768
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
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The therapy of patients with various disorders of personality has been discussed in the clinical literature since the beginning of the recorded history of psychotherapy. Read the first page

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This book cites 24 books:

Clinical Psychology: Integrating Science and Practice by Arthur Freeman in Front Matter, Back Matter, and Index
Abnormal Psychology (Test Yourself) by Susanna M. Perry in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Cognitive Therapy of Depression (The Guilford Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology Series) by Aaron T. Beck in Front Matter, and page
The Freud Reader by Sigmund Freud in Back Matter
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY CONTEXT, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE by Stuart C. Carr in Back Matter

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Prisoners of Hate: The Cognitive Basis of Anger, Hostility, and Violence by Aaron T. Beck in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very well organized and researched, November 4, 2001

By	Brett Anderson (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders (Hardcover)

I love Becks work in the field of Cognitive therapy. I have long had the trouble of finding a modality that effectivly works with personality disorders. I bought this book in an attempt to bridge my knowledge from purely Axis I to include Axis II disorders.

The book goes through each and every personality disorder one at a time. This made it very easy to research one specific problem without having to sift through pages and pages of irrelevant information for the task at hand.

Within each chapter Beck defines the typical automatic thoughts, or faulty reasoning, that is commonly associated with the personality disorders. He then gives broad treatment plans and goals to deal with the symptoms.

Beck is very well organized and succienct. You will walk away from even a short reading of this book feeling more confident and better equipped to deal with the disorders without the usually doubts that maybe you didnt get the whole gist of what the author was trying to say.

I felt that this was extremely well done. I also appreciate that Beck does not promise more then he can deliver and he is the first one to say that outcomes for Axis II disorders are still poor compared with Axis I.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Treating clients with personality disorders..., March 19, 2000

By	Belinda J Chaffins (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders (Hardcover)

This is a great book! It has a lot of practical information on how to approach treatment for a client who has a personality disorder. Included are case examples and problems that a therapist may have in treating clients. Additionally, the book includes specific intervention strategies and recommendations on how to develop a good working relationship. This is especially important, because a client's interpersonal problems will be played out during session with the therapist. I have used the information in this book to anticipate and prepare for specific issues that have arisen in session.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, June 16, 2006

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This review is from: Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders, Second Edition (Hardcover)

This is a great book. For example, the chapters on obsessive compulsive and passive agressive personality give some great direction for therapy. Knowing that an obsessive person fears making mistakes, that narcissism is part of obsessionality and that a passive agressive person fears loss of autonomy can really guide treatment well.

On the other hand, the treatment of narcissistic personality disorder is weak. It just concentrates on how the patient should learn that the world does not revolve around them. It ignores the shame, need for validation and driven quality that narcissistic patients have and is reflected in their cognitions. In other words, the case used to treat NPD is of the oblivious type and in practice it is more common to see the hypervigilant type of narcisit. As CBT becomes more psychodynamic, this issue will be better addressed, I anticipate. (The oblivious narcisists are more antisocial and the vigilant ones are more on the anxiou/dependant end of the spectrum - I forget who's classification this is).

Below is a summary of the Histrionic Personality Disorder chapter that I did for my own benefit.

Histrionic Personality Disorder
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People with HPD are very vulnerable to separation. Common comorbidities are: panic, alcoholism, substance abuse, conversion disorder, somatization disorder and brief reactive psychosis.

Males and females equally effected. Reliable and valid construct. Emotionality, exhibitionism, egocentricity and sexual provocativeness were strongly clustered together. Women with HPD are more attractive than average. One of the PDs with least functional impairment. Caricature of sex roles. Emotions are expressed intensely, yet seem exaggerated or unconvincing; has the sense of watching a performance. Comments often seem quite striking and powerful at the time but later on the clinician will not know what the patient meant.

Diagnose by getting data about interpersonal relationships, how they handle anger, fights and disagreements. Find out how other people tend to view them. Compared with narcissists, histrionics are more willing to be subservient to avoid abandonment.

On page 223: "Hypomanic periods can be found in patients with HPD as well as in patients with the Axis I syndromes of cyclothymic disorder or bipolar disorder. Millon (1996) describes an urgency, restlessness, and intensity about the hypomanic phase of cyclothymia that is not typical of the histrionic patient. Although the behaviour of the histrionic patient can occasionally be inappropriate, the histrionic generally has learned reasonable levels of social skills and can experience some hypomania without serious interference with routine social and occupational functioning, whereas the hypomanic periods are much more disruptive for the cyclothymic patient."

Cognition is global, diffuse and impressionistic. IB: "I am inadequate and unable to handle life on my own." They will need to find ways to get others to take care of them. Necessary to be loved by everyone for everything one does. Excessive need for attention and a failure to use the appropriate social skills in order to achieve attention from others.

They view themselves as being sociable, friendly, and agreeable. Later, they get demanding and in need of constant reassurance. Learn to value external events over their internal experience. With so little to focus on in their own life, they are left without any sense of identity apart from how other people view them.

As thoughts cause emotions, it follows that histrionic people with have intense emotions. Dichotomous thinking, overgeneralization, emotional reasoning.

Treatment Approach
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Challenge automatic thoughts, set up behavioural experiments, activity scheduling, relaxation, problem solving and assertion.

Be collaborative. Expose them to a entirely new way of perceiving and processing experience. Initially they will view you as an all-powerful rescuer. Reinforce assertive and competent responses. Avoid getting too wrapped up in the drama of the patient's presentation.

Have them learn how to focus attention on one issue at a time. Setting a session agenda. One item should be how things went, to get this out of the road. Set goals that are genuinely meaningful to them, what they want not what they should want. They will tend to be short-term with their goals. Have operational definitions. Use fantasy to work out consequences. Gently and persistently find out how actions are related to their goals.

Written homework will be boring, so make it dramatic in content. Role-play with automatic thoughts. Do theatrical behavioural experiments.

Pinpointing ATs can decrease impulsivity. Have them list the advantages and disadvantages of options. Have them work out how to spend the therapy time. "Means-end thinking."

Patients to dominate relationships in indirect ways such as crises, jealousy, charm, nagging and scolding. Have them pinpoint what they want out of a situation.

Identity and sense of self: not a magic thing but through introspection, starting with the basics and with mindfulness and assertion.

Have behavioural experiments that set up small rejections with strangers. Also, show them that they can be competent.

Can have planned depression. Do well in groups. CBT takes 1 to 3 years to work @ 101 sessions over 3 years.

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