Aaron T. Beck & Denise D. Davis 
Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders 

This widely used practitioner resource and training tool is the definitive work on understanding and treating personality disorders from a cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) perspective. The prominent editors and contributors explain the nature of personality disorders and why they are so challenging to treat. Chapters addressing 12 specific disorders are organized around vivid, instructive clinical examples. The book provides up-to-date scientific knowledge about each disorder and describes effective strategies for differential diagnosis, case conceptualization, implementing individualized CBT interventions, and overcoming roadblocks.



New to This Edition

*Incorporates cutting-edge clinical approaches and research; expands the cognitive theory of personality disorder.

*Chapters on neural mechanisms, cultural diversity issues, and depressive personality disorder.

*Chapters on co-occurring disorders and management of clinical challenges.

*Disorder-specific chapters now include sections on key treatment goals, progress and termination, and clinician self-care.

*Discusses DSM-5 concepts and diagnostic criteria.

*Reviews advances in assessing personality beliefs.

Table of Content

I. Theory, Research, and Clinical Methods

1. Overview of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy of Personality Disorders, Daniel O. David & Arthur Freeman

2. Theory of Personality Disorders, Aaron T. Beck

3. Assessment of Personality Pathology, Jay C. Fournier

4. Neural Mechanisms of Maladaptive Schemas and Modes in Personality Disorders, Michael T. Treadway

5. General Principles and Specialized Techniques in Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders, Aaron T. Beck, Arthur Freeman, & Denise D. Davis

6. The Therapeutic Alliance with Patients With Personality Disorders, Denise D. Davis & Judith S. Beck

7. Diversity, Culture, and Personality Disorders, James L. Rebeta 

II. Clinical Applications

8. Dependent Personality Disorder, Lindsay Brauer & Mark A. Reinecke

9. Avoidant Personality Disorder, Christine A. Padesky & Judith S. Beck

10. Obsessive–Compulsive Personality Disorder, Karen M. Simon

11. Depressive Personality Disorder, David A. Clark & Catherine A. Hilchey

12. Paranoid, Schizotypal, and Schizoid Personality Disorders, Julia C. Renton & Pawel D. Mankiewicz

13. Passive–Aggressive Personality Disorder (Negativistic Personality Disorder), Gina M. Fusco

14. Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Wendy T. Behary & Denise D. Davis

15. Histrionic Personality Disorder, Mehmet Z. Sungur & Anil Gündüz

16. Antisocial Personality Disorder, Damon Mitchell, Raymond Chip Tafrate, & Arthur Freeman

17. Borderline Personality Disorder, Arnoud Arntz

III. Comorbidity and Clinical Management

18. Symptomatic Comorbidity, Robert A. Di Tomasso & Bradley Rosenfield

19. Clinical Management: Working with Those Diagnosed with Personality Disorders, Gina M. Fusco

20. Synthesis and Prospects for the Future, Denise D. Davis & Arthur Freeman

 

 

About the author

Aaron T. Beck, MD, until his death in 2021, was University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania and President Emeritus of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy. Internationally recognized as the founder of cognitive therapy, Dr. Beck has been credited with shaping the face of American psychiatry, and was cited by
American Psychologistas “one of the five most influential psychotherapists of all time.” Dr. Beck was the recipient of awards including the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, the Distinguished Service Award from the American Psychiatric Association, the James Mc Keen Cattell Fellow Award in Applied Psychology from the Association for Psychological Science, and the Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health and Gustav O. Lienhard Award from the Institute of Medicine. He authored or edited numerous books for professionals and the general public.




Denise D. Davis, Ph D, is Associate Professor of the Practice of Psychology at Vanderbilt University, where she is Associate Director of Graduate Training in Clinical Science. She is a Founding Fellow, Diplomate, and certified Trainer and Consultant of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. Dr. Davis was the founding Associate Editor of the journal
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice prior to serving the first full term as that journal’s Editor. Her research and clinical interests include ethics, psychotherapy termination, and cognitive therapy of personality disorders.

Arthur Freeman, Ed D, LLD (h.c.), ABPP, until his death in 2020, was Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. A leading expert on cognitive-behavioral therapy, he was a past president of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and of the International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy, and a Distinguished Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies. Dr. Freeman’s research and clinical interests included marital and family therapy and cognitive-behavioral treatment of depression, anxiety, and personality disorders. The author of over 100 chapters and articles, he lectured in 45 countries and his work has been translated into 20 languages.