Integrated Modular Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder

W. John Livesley is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

• Preface; Part I. Introduction and Framework for Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder: 1. Introduction; 2. Understanding normal and disordered personality; 3. Understanding borderline personality disorder; 4. Origins and development; Part II. Assessment and Treatment Planning: 5. Diagnosis and assessment; 6. Formulation, treatment planning and the treatment contract; Part III. General Modules: Introduction to Part III; 7. General treatment module 1: structure; 8. General treatment module 2: treatment relationship; 9. General treatment module 3: consistency; 10. General treatment module 4: validation; 11. General treatment module 5: self-reflection; 12. General treatment module 6: motivation; Part IV. Safety, Containment, and Engagement: The Initial Phase of Treatment: Introduction to Part IV; 13. Managing crises and containing emotions and suicidality; 14. Managing the early sessions; Part V. Improving Emotional Regulation and Modulation: Introduction to Part V; 15. General principles for improving emotional stability; 16. Building emotional stability: psychoeducation, awareness and emotion regulation modules; 17. Improving emotional processing; Part VI. Exploration and Change: Treating Interpersonal Problems: Introduction to Part VI; 18. Principles for treating maladaptive schemas and interpersonal patterns; 19. Treating submissiveness and attachment insecurity; 20. Treating the core interpersonal conflict; Part VII. Constructing a More Adaptive Sense of Self: Introduction to Part VII; 21. Building a more coherent self; 22. Promoting an adaptive self-narrative and flexible working selves; 23. Getting a life: building a personal niche; Part VIII. Retrospect and Prospect: Introduction to Part VIII; 24. Summary and overview: the treatment process across time.

'W. John Livesley is a much-needed resource, offering a fresh look and new ideas on a transtheoretical approach that integrates elements shared by all effective treatments.' Joan Swart, PsycCRITIQUES