Testing & Assessment - Psychology, Personality & Identity Psychology, Personality Disorders, Psychotherapy, Self-Improvement
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Overview
Integrates cognitive-behavioral approaches with Millon's personologic model to yield an exciting new psychotherapeutic approach. Paul R. Rasmussen describes how, in personality-guided cognitive-behavior therapy, a patient's clinical condition is seen as stemming not just from distorted thinking or behavioral excesses and deficits, but also from personality attributes and situational demands. Individual chapters examine each personality type, including its characteristics, the evolutionary foundation of the personality style, and the immediate adaptive value of the emotional reactions defining it, the pathological process, and the clinical conditions that one is vulnerable to.Synopsis
Rasmussen (psychology, Furman U., South Carolina) integrates the cognitive-behavioral model of psychotherapy with the personologic model developed by Millon during the 1990s, saying that the integration provides an evolutionary underpinning for the cognitive- behavioral approach. Emphasizing the adaptive value or purpose of the emotional experiences defining the clinical conditions, he presents a theoretical model that highlights clinical conditions in relation to their evolutionary adaptiveness as reflected in clients' personalities. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Details
Published
June 1, 2005
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Pages
344
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781591472308