Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy: Promoting Change in Nonresponders - Hardcover

Benjamin, Lorna Smith

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Synopsis

For individuals with chronic, complex problems that include multiple Axis I disorders comorbid with personality disorders, the barriers to change are significant. This book presents a powerful therapeutic approach that integrates psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, client-centered, and other techniques to empower patients to overcome these barriers by fostering change in personality. Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy (IRT) is grounded in an innovative case formulation method that systematically links symptoms to maladaptive patterns in attachment relationships. IRT offers a step-by-step framework for structuring interventions to promote learning of new, healthier patterns, while blocking problem behaviors and building a strong therapeutic alliance. A new preface in the paperback edition addresses current developments in IRT research and practice.

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About the Author


Lorna Smith Benjamin, PhD, is Professor Emerita of Psychology at the University of Utah and Founder of the Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy Clinic at the University of Utah Neuropsychiatric Institute (UNI). She has a small private practice, serves as a consultant at UNI, and gives workshops on psychotherapy with difficult cases.

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Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview Chapter 2. Case Formulation Chapter 3. Choosing Interventions Chapter 4. Structural Analysis of Social Behavior: The Clarifying Lens Chapter 5. Step 1: Collaboration Chapter 6. Step 2: Learning about Patterns, Where They Are From, and What They Are For Chapter 7. Step 3: Blocking Maladaptive Patterns Chapter 8. Step 4: Enabling the Will to Change Chapter 9. Step 5: Learning New Patterns Chapter 10. Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy in Clinical and Research Contexts References Index

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