Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders - Emergent Systems Theory As an Integrative Framework

In The Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders, Lisa J. Cohen introduces Emergent Systems Theory, an integrative model of the many different types of psychotherapy, with an emphasis on personality pathology. This model proposes five general levels of the mind/brain, each of which dates back to a different point in human evolutionary history and has its own distinct psychological functions and psychopathology. This book argues that formulating patients' psychological difficulties in terms of the levels involved permits systematic selection of the most appropriate treatments and can also enhance communication across the mental health field.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Emergent Systems Theory
Chapter 2: Beginnings
Chapter 3: Interpersonal Representations
Chapter 4: Describing Personality Pathology
Chapter 5: Differential Diagnosis
Chapter 6: The Different Parts of the Elephant
Chapter 7: The Bottom of the Elephant
Chapter 8: The Accountant and the Artist
Chapter 9: The Socio-Cultural Level

About the author

Lisa J. Cohen is clinical professor of psychiatry at the Carl Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai/Mount Sinai Beth Israel.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa J. Cohen, Cohen Lisa J.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781793610102
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-010-2
• No. of pages: 298
• Series: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Assessment in the Twenty-first Century
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Clinical Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Personality Disorders, Psychotherapy, Clinical psychology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Abnormal psychology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality