文档介绍：Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders
`Dimaggio, Semerari and colleagues have creatively constructed a cognitive
constructivist model of psychopathology and psychotherapy that thought-
fully integrates cutting edge theory and research regarding personality
disorders, attachment and developmental psychology, cognitive science and
neuroscience, interpersonal and emotional processes and the therapeutic
relationship. The result is a rich rendering of the psychotherapy process
with personality disorders that readily moves back and forth from the
presentation of sophisticated ideas, often grounded in empirical research, to
accessible applications and clinical illustrations ± a treatment guide that is
at once scholarly and practical.'
J. Christopher Muran, Chief Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Beth
Israel Medical Center
`This is an important and intriguing contribution to understanding and
treating personality disorder by a group of authors who are doing some of
the most interesting contemporary work in the ®eld. The volume offers
an innovative perspective that extends our understanding of personality
disorder by describing fundamental metacognitive processes underlying
personality and interpersonal functioning. This work will appeal to both
researchers and clinicians: those studying the disorder will appreciate the in-
depth analysis of personality pathology and clinicians will bene®t from the
sophisticated examination of the reasons why the disorder is so intractable
and thoughtful suggestions for treatment strategies.'
John Livesley, University of British Columbia
`In this remarkable volume, the authors present a theoretical perspective
that not only achieves their stated goal of advancing the understanding and
treatment of personality disorders, but also unstated goals whose achieve-
ment makes the work of exceptionally broad signi®cance to psychological
science. In a seamlessly coherent three-part attack on problems of person-
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