COGNITIVE THERAPY OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS
2nd Edition
Aaron T. Beck, Arthur Freeman, and Associates
Guilford Publications, 2004
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - This course was designed to allow the reader to:
• Learn what is know from the current clinical research about beliefs and attitudes that characterize each of the personality disorders
• Understand the reasons for non-compliance
• Understand research and practice through a review of literature, addressing referral, diagnosis, treatment, and schema formation
• Learn detailed individualized treatments for each of the personality disorders
• Learn what elements are the main focus in a typical cognitive therapy program for personality disorders
• Learn what a therapist may gain during “downward arrow” questioning
• Learn what is the main goal of cognitive therapy of Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD)
• Learn what empirical studies of patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD) have found
• Learn the health risks for patients with Borderline Personality Disorders (BPD)
• Learn whether group therapy is effective for treating patients with Histrionic Personality Disorder (HPD)
Aaron T. Beck, M.D., is Director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy in Philadelphia and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author or co-author of over 300 articles, 9 books, and 20 book chapters and has received many honors and awards. He has been listed as one of the most influential psychotherapists by both the AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST and the CANADIAN PSYCHOLOGIST.
Arthur Freeman, Ed.D., is Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
11 CE credits; 382 pages
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