Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders ─ Metacognition, States of Mind and Interpersonal Cycle

An accurate description of the problems associated with personality disorders can lead to psychotherapists providing better treatment for their patients, alleviating some of the difficulties associated with handling such disorders. The authors draw on existing therapeutic approaches and concepts to offer a treatment model for dealing with personality disorders.

Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders clearly discusses the models for different types of personality disorder, along with general treatment principles, focusing on:



principles for identifying and classifying types of disorder


theoretical analyses that are characteristic of each type


practical therapeutic principals that are grounded in the basic theory.

The language is clinician-friendly and the therapeutic model is illustrated with clinical cases and session transcripts making this title essential reading for psychotherapists, personality disorder researchers and cognitive scientists as well as professionals with an interest in personality disorders.

Giancarlo Dimaggio is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is a trainer at the training school in cognitive psychotherapy APC, Rome and at the Società Italiana di Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale (SITCC). He is a co-editor of The Dialogical Self in Psychotherapy

Antonio Semerari is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is a trainer of Cognitive Psychotherapy in the training school Scuola di Psicoterapia Cognitiva, Rome and at the SITCC.

Antonino Carcione is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is a trainer at the Schools for Cognitive Psychotherapy - Associazione di Psicologia Cognitiva (APC), the Scuola di Psicoterapia Cognitiva (SPC) and at the SITCC.

Giuseppe Nicolò is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is also responsible for the School of Specialization in Cognitive Psychotherapy SPC in Reggio Calabria, A trainer at the School of Specialization in Cognitive Psychotherapy APC in Rome and a Trainer at the SITCC.

Michele Procacci, is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He is chief of an outpatient Mental Health Service in Rome and a professor of psychopathology, University of Naples. Michele is also a trainer at SITCC.

Dimaggio, Semerari, Carcione, Nicolò, Procacci, The Perpetuation of Personality Disorders: A Model. Semerari, Dimaggio, Carcione, Conti, Nicolò, General Treatment Principles. Semerari, Fiore, Borderline Personality Disorder: Model and Treatment. Dimaggio, Fiore, Salvatore, Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Model and Treatment. Carcione, Conti, Dependent Personality Disorder: Model and Treatment. Procacci, Popolo, Petrilli, Dimaggio, Avoidant Personality Disorder: Model and Treatment. Nicolò, Nobile, Paranoid Personality Disorder: Model and Treatment. Dimaggio, Semerari, Carcione, Nicolò, Procacci, Conclusions.