A case study on a severe paranoid personality disorder client treated with metacognitive interpersonal therapy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simone Cheli ◽  
Veronica Cavalletti ◽  
Raffaele Popolo ◽  
Giancarlo Dimaggio
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Interpersonal Therapy ◽  
Paranoid Personality Disorder ◽  
Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy ◽  
Paranoid Personality

scholarly journals Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Single Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-74
Author(s):  
Giampaolo Salvatore ◽  
Lorena Bianchi ◽  
Luisa Buonocore ◽  
Nadia Disturco ◽  
Angus Macbeth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Interpersonal Therapy ◽  
Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe disease, characterized by severe instabilities in identity, affect and relationships. Clinical improvement of BPD can be facilitated by psychotherapy aimed at tackling multiple specific cross-modality impairments and their patterns of interaction: impaired sense of self, maladaptive interpersonal schemas, impaired metacognition, emotion dysregulation and impulsivity. Herein, we describe the steps in the treatment of a young woman meeting the criteria for with BPD with paranoid traits, successfully treated with Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy, a treatment based on comprehensive assessment of domains. In the initial phase, treatment focused on promoting emotion regulation, integrating opposing patient representations of the therapist, enhancing metacognition, and increasing focus on the maladaptive schema that elicited dysregulated behaviors. Later in therapy, treatment focused on supporting the patient to realize her ideas about self and others were schema-driven; and improving metacognitive capacity to understand others’ minds. General implications for psychotherapy of BPD are discussed.

Psychotherapy of paranoid personality disorder from the perspective of dialogical self theory

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giancarlo Dimaggio ◽  
Dario Catania ◽  
Giampaolo Salvatore ◽  
Antonino Carcione ◽  
Giuseppe Nicolò
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Dialogical Self ◽  
Paranoid Personality Disorder ◽  
Paranoid Personality ◽  
Dialogical Self Theory
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