Cognitive Therapy for Personality Disorders

An excellent guide to treating the most difficult cases in your practice: personality disorders and other chronic, self-defeating problems. The author describes how he adapted traditional cognitive therapy techniques to more effectively treat patients with narcissistic, borderline, passive-aggressive, dependent, and other personality disorders, as well as chronic dysthymic and anxious patients. Contains rationale, theory, practical applications, and active cognitive behavioral techniques. Presents an extended case example, and updated versions of the Young Schema Questionnaire, a Client's Guide to this approach, and schema listings.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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SERIES PREFACE

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ABSTRACT

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Part I -- SCHEMA-FOCUSED THERAPY: RATIONALE AND THEORY

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RATIONALE

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Introduction

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Assumptions in Short-Term Cognitive Therapy

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Personality Disorders and Cognitive Therapy

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Rigidity

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Avoidance

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Interpersonal Difficulties

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SCHEMA THEORY

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Early Maladaptive Schemas

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Schema Domains and the Origins of Schemas

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Biology and Temperament

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Disconnection and Rejection

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Impaired Autonomy and Performance

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Impaired Limits

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Other-Directedness

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Overvigilance and Inhibition

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Schema Processes

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Schema Maintenance

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Schema Avoidance

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Schema Compensation

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Part II -- SCHEMA-FOCUSED THERAPY: CASE CONCEPTUALIZATION AND PATIENT ASSESSMENT

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OVERVIEW

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The Evaluation

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Questionnaires

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Educating Patients About Schemas

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Triggering Schemas

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Imagery

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Current Events

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Past Memories

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Therapeutic Relationship

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Books and Movies

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Group Therapy

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Dreams

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Homework

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Confronting Schema Avoidance

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Identifying Schema-Driven Behavior

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Conceptualizing the Patient in Schema Terms

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Part III -- SCHEMA-FOCUSED THERAPY: STRATEGIES FOR CHANGES

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OVERVIEW

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COGNITIVE TECHNIQUES

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Review Evidence in Support of the Schemas

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Critically Examine the Supporting Evidence

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Review Evidence Contradicting the Schema

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Illustrate How the Patient Discounts Contradictory Evidence

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Develop Flashcards that Contradict the Schemas

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Challenge the Schema Whenever it is Activated During the Therapy Session or Outside the Session

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EXPERIENTAL TECHNIQUES

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INTERPERSONAL TECHNIQUES

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BEHAVIORAL TECHNIQUES

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CONCLUSION

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Appendix A: YOUNG SCHEMA QUESTIONNAIRE (Long Form, Second Edition)

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Appendix B: CLIENT'S GUIDE TO SCHEMA-FOCUSED THERAPY

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REFERENCES

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