This groundbreaking volume presents a framework for understanding
personality disorders in children, distinguishing them from more
frequently diagnosed problems, and delivering effective interventions.
Efrain Bleiberg draws on extensive clinical experience and cutting-edge
neurobiological research to illuminate how specific personality
disorders develop when children--and caregivers--become trapped in
rigid, maladaptive patterns of feeling, coping, and relating. Strategies
are described for integrating individual psychotherapy, family
treatment, and pharmacotherapy to provide meaningful help to this highly
challenging population. With particular attention to building and
maintaining a strong therapeutic alliance, the book includes case
vignettes and transcripts that bring each stage of treatment to life.
Winner--Gradiva Award, National Association for the Advancement of
Psychoanalysis