Evidence-Based Treatment of Personality Dysfunction
Principles, Methods, and Processes
Will be published approx. on 15. April 2010
Book
Hardback
322 pages
978-1-4338-0747-3 (ISBN)
Description
This volume is a collection of the most up-to-date research on personality disorder treatment written by leading scholars of psychopathology and psychotherapy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
775 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4338-0747-3 (9781433807473)
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Jeffrey J. Magnavita, PhD, ABPP, FAPA, is a licensed psychologist and marriage and family therapist who has been in clinical practice for close to 3 years. He served as an adjunct professor in clinical psychology at the University of Hartford, where he taught and supervised doctoral students.
Dr. Magnavita has received awards for his work in science and practice. In 2 , he received the American Psychological Association's (APA's) Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent or Institutional Practice in the Private Sector for his work developing a theoretical framework for unified clinical science called personality systematics.
He is the founder of the Unified Psychotherapy Project, whose mission is to catalogue the methods and techniques of unified psychotherapy.
Dr. Magnavita has been featured in two APA videotapes demonstrating personality-guided therapy using a unified approach. He has published extensively and has authored Restructuring Personality Disorders: A Short-Term Dynamic Approach ( 997), Relational Therapy for Personality Disorders (2 ), Personality-Guided Relational Therapy: A Unified Approach (2 5), and a textbook, Theories of Personality: Contemporary Approaches to the Science of Personality (2 2). He also was the volume editor of Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy: Vol. . Psychodynamic/Object Relations (2 2) and the Handbook of Personality Disorders: Theory and Practice (2 4). He serves on the editorial board of a number of leading publications and has been a guest editor of a number of special editions of journals.
He was elected to serve as the president of APA's Division of Psychotherapy in 2 and has presented his work at various conferences and symposiums. He runs ongoing seminars in psychotherapy using videotape recordings as the vehicle for examining the process and technical aspects of treatment.
Dr. Magnavita lives in South Glastonbury, Connecticut, with his wife Anne and three daughters, Elizabeth, Emily, and Caroline.
Dr. Magnavita has received awards for his work in science and practice. In 2 , he received the American Psychological Association's (APA's) Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent or Institutional Practice in the Private Sector for his work developing a theoretical framework for unified clinical science called personality systematics.
He is the founder of the Unified Psychotherapy Project, whose mission is to catalogue the methods and techniques of unified psychotherapy.
Dr. Magnavita has been featured in two APA videotapes demonstrating personality-guided therapy using a unified approach. He has published extensively and has authored Restructuring Personality Disorders: A Short-Term Dynamic Approach ( 997), Relational Therapy for Personality Disorders (2 ), Personality-Guided Relational Therapy: A Unified Approach (2 5), and a textbook, Theories of Personality: Contemporary Approaches to the Science of Personality (2 2). He also was the volume editor of Comprehensive Handbook of Psychotherapy: Vol. . Psychodynamic/Object Relations (2 2) and the Handbook of Personality Disorders: Theory and Practice (2 4). He serves on the editorial board of a number of leading publications and has been a guest editor of a number of special editions of journals.
He was elected to serve as the president of APA's Division of Psychotherapy in 2 and has presented his work at various conferences and symposiums. He runs ongoing seminars in psychotherapy using videotape recordings as the vehicle for examining the process and technical aspects of treatment.
Dr. Magnavita lives in South Glastonbury, Connecticut, with his wife Anne and three daughters, Elizabeth, Emily, and Caroline.
Content
Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
Theory and Practice of Evidence About Treatment of Personality Dysfunction
Jeffrey J. Magnavita and William B. Stiles
Evidence-Based Assessment and Instrumentation for Personality Disorders
Stephen Strack
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Clive J. Robins, M. Zachary Rosenthal, and Prudence F. Cuper
Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Therapy With Personality Disorders
Stanley B. Messer and Allan A. Abbass
Evidence-Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy With Personality Disorders: Theory, Components, and Strategies
Jack C. Anchin and Aaron L. Pincus
A Relational Approach to the Treatment of Personality Dysfunction
J. Christopher Muran, Catherine Eubanks-Carter, and Jeremy D. Safran
Couples and Family Therapy for Personality Disorders
Jay L. Lebow and Amanda A. Uliaszek
Integrated Treatment: Combining Effective Treatment Principles and Methods
W. John Livesley
Methods, Components, and Strategies of Unified Treatment: Using Evidence and Personality Systematics to Enhance Outcome
Jeffrey J. Magnavita
Treatment Planning and Formatting: Combining Science and Art in Implementing the Framework of Therapy
Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Kenneth L. Critchfield, and Louis G. Castonguay
Index
About the Editor
Preface
Acknowledgments
Theory and Practice of Evidence About Treatment of Personality Dysfunction
Jeffrey J. Magnavita and William B. Stiles
Evidence-Based Assessment and Instrumentation for Personality Disorders
Stephen Strack
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Clive J. Robins, M. Zachary Rosenthal, and Prudence F. Cuper
Evidence-Based Psychodynamic Therapy With Personality Disorders
Stanley B. Messer and Allan A. Abbass
Evidence-Based Interpersonal Psychotherapy With Personality Disorders: Theory, Components, and Strategies
Jack C. Anchin and Aaron L. Pincus
A Relational Approach to the Treatment of Personality Dysfunction
J. Christopher Muran, Catherine Eubanks-Carter, and Jeremy D. Safran
Couples and Family Therapy for Personality Disorders
Jay L. Lebow and Amanda A. Uliaszek
Integrated Treatment: Combining Effective Treatment Principles and Methods
W. John Livesley
Methods, Components, and Strategies of Unified Treatment: Using Evidence and Personality Systematics to Enhance Outcome
Jeffrey J. Magnavita
Treatment Planning and Formatting: Combining Science and Art in Implementing the Framework of Therapy
Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Kenneth L. Critchfield, and Louis G. Castonguay
Index
About the Editor