Author(s): Anthony Ryle

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Borderline personality disorder patients are impulsive, unstable and destructive, hurting themselves and those around them, including those who seek to help them. The use of cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) to treat patients with borderline personality disorder is a fairly recent (and successful) approach. This book presents the therapeutic approach and describes the developmental and structural models on which it is based. Contents: Diagnosis Course and Prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder. The Evolution of Cognitive Analytic Therapy. The Multiple Self States Model of Borderline Personality Disorder. A Critical Account of Current Theories of Borderline Pathology and their Clinical Implications. An Outline of Practice and Two Case Illustrations. Understanding the Treatment Relationship in Work with Borderline Patients. Referral, Assessment, Contracts and Containment. The Early Sessions. From Reformulation to Termination. Borderline Personality and Substance Abuse Problems. CAT of an Offender with Borderline Personality Disorder. CAT in Context. Appendices. References. Index.