Personality Disorders

This is a very well-structured, informative, and readily accessible book that provides unique and valuable guidelines for therapists treating those with personality disorders, with a clarification- and schema-focused approach. Given the integration of empirical studies with detailed clinical descriptions of each disorder, this is a useful and inspiring resource, and it is to be hoped that this book can be made available to therapists and clinicians in many countries.;Elsa Ronningstam, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

Rainer Sachse, PhD, is Head of the Institute for Psychological Psychotherapy (IPP) in Bochum, Germany. He studied psychology from 1969 to 1978 at the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany, and went on to gain his doctorate in psychology and a postdoctoral qualification for a full professorship, and later becoming a professor of clinical psychology and psychotherapy. At the end of the 1990s, Prof. Sachse developed a dual action theory of personality disorder which led to the creation of clarification-oriented psychotherapy, a therapy approach which he continues to use and develop today. His main areas of interest are personality disorders, psychosomatics, clarification-oriented psychotherapy, and behavioral therapy, and he has written extensively about these themes.

Foreword 1 Essential Basic Concepts of Personality Disorders 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Term Personality Disorder 1.3 Style and Disorder 1.4 Making Diagnoses 1.5 Resources 1.6 Personality Disorders as Relationship Disorders 1.7 Therapist Expertise 1.8 Relevance of DSM and ICD 2 Characteristics of Personality Disorders 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Ego-Syntony and Ego-Dystony 2.3 Motivation for Change 2.4 Clients Are Motivated to Seek a Particular Relationship 2.5 Interaction Maneuvers 2.6 Tests 2.7 Problems Encountered by Therapists 3 What Is Clarification-Oriented Psychotherapy? 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Aspects of Clarification-Oriented Psychotherapy 3.3 Empirical Findings 4 General Psychological Function Model for Personality Disorders 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Dual Action Regulation Model 5 Diagnostic Features of Personality Disorders 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Relationship Motives 5.3 Dysfunctional Schemas 5.4 Compensatory Schemas 5.5 Interaction Games 5.6 General Model and Specific Disorders 6 Therapeutic Strategies for Clients With PD: Consequences of the Model 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Therapy Phases 6.3 Therapeutic Strategies for Phase 1: Model and Relationship 6.4 Therapeutic Strategies in Phase 2: Game Level and Tests 6.5 Therapeutic Strategies in Phase 3: Clarification of Schemas 6.6 Therapeutic Strategies in Phase 4: Working Through Schemas 6.7 Therapeutic Strategies in Phase 5: Transfer 7 Types of Personality Disorders 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Pure and Hybrid Personality Disorders 7.3 Proximity and Distance Disorders 7.4 Differences Between Proximity and Distance Disorders 7.5 Further Specific Therapy Approaches 7.6 Overview of Disorders 8 Narcissistic Personality Disorder 8.1 Description and Types of NPD 8.2 Definition of NPD, Based on Dual Action Regulation Model 8.3 Therapeutic Strategies 9 Histrionic Personality Disorder 9.1 Description and Types of HPD 9.2 Definition of HPD, Based on Dual Action Regulation Model 9.3 Therapeutic Strategies for HPD in General 9.4 Processing Alienation 9.5 Therapeutic Strategies for UHPD 10 Dependent Personality Disorder 10.1 Description of DPD 10.2 Definition of DPD, Based on Dual Action Regulation Model 10.3 Therapeutic Strategies 11 Avoidant Personality Disorder 11.1 Description of AvPD 11.2 Definition of AvPD, Based on Dual Action Regulation Model 11.3 Therapeutic Strategies 12 Passive-Aggressive Personality Disorder 12.1 Description of PAPD 12.2 Definition of PAPD, Based on Dual Action Regulation Model 12.3 Therapeutic Strategies 13 Schizoid Personality Disorder 13.1 Description of SzPD 13.2 Definition of SzPD, Based on Dual Action Regulation Model 13.3 Therapeutic Strategies 14 Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder 14.1 Description of OCPD 14.2 Definition of OCPD, Based on Dual Action Regulation Model 14.3 Therapeutic Strategies 15 Paranoid Personality Disorder 15.1 Description of PPD 15.2 Definition of PPD, Based on Dual Action Regulation Model 15.3 Therapeutic Strategies