Interpersonal reconstructive therapy : promoting change in nonresponders / Lorna Smith Benjamin.
"What can be done to help those persons who consistently do not respond to therapeutic interventions, despite significant suffering and repeated attempts to seek treatment? Filling a crucial need, this book presents a powerful evidence-based approach to working with individuals with severe, tre...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Guilford Press,
[2003]
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| Summary: | "What can be done to help those persons who consistently do not respond to therapeutic interventions, despite significant suffering and repeated attempts to seek treatment? Filling a crucial need, this book presents a powerful evidence-based approach to working with individuals with severe, treatment-refractory conditions, including but not limited to personality disorders. Leading scientist-practitioner Lorna Smith Benjamin offers a comprehensive introduction to interpersonal reconstructive therapy (IRT) and outlines step-by-step guidelines for practice. Grounded in pioneering research on the interpersonal dimensions of psychopathology, the volume offers both general strategies and specific techniques for overcoming hurdles to therapeutic change."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-363) and index. |
| ISBN: | 157230538X 9781572305380 |