Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy: An Integrative, Personality-Based Treatment for Complex Cases - Softcover

Benjamin, Lorna Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593853823 ISBN 13: 9781593853822

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2006

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593853823
• ISBN 13: 9781593853822
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 372