Short description
In this work, Marsha M. Linehan not only provides specific guidelines that creatively combine the best elements of behavioral, personality, psychoanalytic, strategic and other commonly employed modalities, but helps the therapist survive the process.
Long description
Representing a comprehensive, integrated approach to therapy, this is the first volume to provide strategies proven effective in controlled treatment trials. All clinicians know how difficult it is to work with borderline personality disorders. In this work, Marsha M. Linehan not only provides specific guidelines that creatively combine the best elements of behavioral, personality, psychoanalytic, strategic and other commonly employed modalities, but helps the therapist survive the process. This volume will be invaluable to psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, primary care physicians, internists, and nurses.
Review
'Linehan is a brilliant, compassionate, and rigorous therapist for borderline patients. What's more, and what is most unusual for master therapists, she has proven its efficacy in published randomized, controlled trials. What is fortuitous for borderline patients and their therapists is that she has painstakingly crafted a wise book and user-friendly manual well grounded in principle, detailed in its strategies, and exportable to a wide range of treatment settings... Linehan has set a high standard of treatment for borderlines in the 1990s; the patients will be the ultimate beneficiaries.' - Charles R. Swenson, MD, New York Hospital, Westchester Division, USA
Table of contents
- Part I: Theory and Concepts. Borderline Personality Disorder: Concepts, Controversies, and Definitions. Dialectical and Biosocial Underpinnings of Treatment. Behavioral Patterns: Dialectical Dilemmas in the Treatment of Borderline Patients. Part II: Treatment Overview and Goals. Overview of Treatment: Targets, Strategies, and Assumptions in a Nutshell. Behavioral Targets in Treatment: Behaviors to Increase and Decrease. Structuring Treatment around Target Behaviors: Who Treats What and When. Part III: Basic Treatment Strategies. Dialectical Treatment Strategies. Core Strategies: Validation. Core Strategies: Problem Solving. Change Procedures: Contingency Procedures of Managing Contingencies and Observing Limits. Change Procedures: Skills Training, Exposure, Cognitive Modification. Stylistic Strategies: Balancing Communication. Case Management Strategies: Interacting with the Community. Part IV: Strategies for Specific Tasks. Structural Strategies. Special Treatment Strategies. Appendix: Suggesting Reading. References. Index.