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Differential interventions in psychotherapy of borderline, narcissistic, and schizoid personality disorders: the Masterson approach
Author(s) -
Roberts Donald D.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
clinical psychology and psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.315
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1099-0879
pISSN - 1063-3995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0879(199712)4:4<233::aid-cpp141>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - mirroring , psychology , psychotherapist , psychological intervention , object relations theory , borderline personality disorder , perspective (graphical) , interpretation (philosophy) , narcissism , personality disorders , personality , clinical psychology , psychoanalysis , psychoanalytic theory , social psychology , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , computer science , programming language
Recent years have witnessed an intensified impetus to specify psychotherapy strategies and techniques appropriate to particular psychological disorders. J. F. Masterson has formulated a developmental, self, and object relations theory which proposed diagnosis‐specific interventions for the borderline, narcissistic, and schizoid personality disorders: confrontation of maladaptive defences with borderline patients, mirroring interpretation of narcissistic vulnerability with the narcissistic disorder, and interpretation of the ‘schizoid dilemma’ with schizoid patients. This theoretical perspective will be described, and case examples will be used to illustrate the technical differences in the treatment approaches for each. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.