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Antisocial, Borderline, Narcissistic and Histrionic Workbook: Treatment Strategies for Cluster B Personality Disorders PDF

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Developed from years of experience ANTISOCIAL working with complex and challenging clients, Daniel J. Fox, PhD has created BORDERLINE the ultimate workbook for clients and clinicians coping with antisocial, NARCISSISTIC histrionic, narcissistic and borderline personality disorders. ANTISOCIAL & HISTRIONIC Utilize unique worksheets, checklists and other exercises to diagnose, tackle WORKBOOK specific issues, reduce problematic symptoms and kep therapy moving BORDERLINE forward. Take advantage of concrete methods to: • Reduce self-mutilation and other risky behaviors NARCISSISTIC • Improve attachment, collaboration, and trust • Conquer maladaptive beliefs and diffuse narcissistic resistance • Assess transference/countertransference issues • Determine narcissistic drives for perfection and excellence • Lesen flirtatious behaviors & HISTRIONIC • Apply DBT strategies and skills into treatment WORKBOOK “Enthusiastically recommended!” – Lane Pederson, PsyD, LP, DBTC, author of The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual Daniel J. Fox, PhD, has been specializing in the treatment and assessment of individuals with personality disorders for over 16 years in the state and federal prison system, universities, and private practice. He is currently a staff psychologist at the Federal Detention center in Houston, Texas. His first book, The Clinician’s Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders, was published by PESI in 2013. T rea t men t S t ra te g ie s Fo r Cl u s te r B Pe r sonal i t y Di so r de r s PUB083610 $29.99 Wo r k shee t s • A s se s s men t s • Exe r c i se s PESI Publishing & Media www.pesipublishing.com 9 781559 570183 Daniel J. Fox, PhD ANTISOCIAL, BORDERLINE, NARCISSISTIC & HISTRIONIC WORKBOOK FOX ANTISOCIAL BORDERLINE NARCISSISTIC & HISTRIONIC WORKBOOK Treatment Strategies For Cluster B Personali ty Disorders Daniel J. Fox, PhD author of The Clinician’s Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders “Personality disorders are common in clinical practice, but helpful resources are not. Dr. Fox answers the call with a workbook that will deepen your understanding of the assessment and treatment of Cluster B personalities, with a dedicated emphasis on handouts and worksheets that guide therapy and provide a catalyst for change. Enthusiastically recommended!” -Lane Pederson, PsyD, LP, DBTC, author of The Expanded Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training Manual “Full of concrete tools to make successful progress in treatment! The research provides a great foundation for the use of the materials and Dr. Fox has pulled from multiple resources to create tools clinicians and clients can both use to promote wellness and growth. I have found that the use of the workbook can be applicable in nearly every session I have with someone battling with a Cluster B personality disorder. After applying the concepts in this workbook I have found that Cluster B clients are not the same beasts in treatment that they were in the past.” -Susan Barris, PhD “Insightful for the therapist and easy-to-use with clients. The worksheets are very effective in assisting with a more accurate diagnosis of Cluster B personality types and, even more importantly, understanding the therapists own responses to the client. This workbook is also helpful when needing to incorporate more tangible and structured treatment approaches into therapy. The DBT worksheets are easy to follow and use “client friendly” language and concepts.” -Meagan N. Houston, PhD “The collection of exercises for the clinician and the client are practical, useful, and empirically driven. This is a well written, easy to read, and thorough guide providing a framework and a level of confidence for the clinician facing the challenges of treating severe personality disorders.” -Kristy Dromgoole, PhD “This rich resource assists the clinician in avoiding errors in diagnosis that can often occur when working with clients with complex symptom presentations. Dr. Fox presents the material in a straightforward, easy to digest, manner that can be appreciated and utilized by all practitioners. Clinicians, regardless of their training background or theoretical orientation, will find this to be an invaluable resource in the diagnosis and treatment of Cluster B personality disorders.” -Mary Madison Eagle, PhD “Dr. Fox's passion for this subject shines through in the workbook format. This workbook can serve as both a reference and a helpful tool for gathering information. Dr. Fox’s style of writing is clear and concise. I was able to take in the information quickly and see how useful the worksheets could be.” -Kristin A. Lue King, MSW Copyright © 2015 by Daniel J. Fox, Ph.D. Published by PESI Publishing & Media PESI, Inc 3839 White Ave Eau Claire, WI 54703 Cover : Amy Rubenzer Editing: Blair Davis Layout: Bookmasters & Amy Rubenzer ISBN: 9781559570183 All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Fox, Daniel J., Psychologist. Antisocial, borderline, narcissist & histrionic workbook : treatment strategies for cluster B personality disorders / Daniel J Fox, Ph.D. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-55957-018-3 1. Personality disorders. 2. Personality disorders--Treatment. I. Title. II. Title: Antisocial, borderline, narcissist and histrionic workbook. RC554.F69 2015 616.85'81--dc23 2015029495 PESI Publishing & Media www.pesipublishing.com This book is dedicated to my three heartbeats: my wife, Lydia, and my two children, Alexandra and Sebastian. Table of Contents About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Who This Workbook Is For and How to Use It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii Part One: Critical Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Personality Disorders—They’re Not Going Anywhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Cluster B Client Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Structure of Personality Disorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Critical Factors in the Treatment of Histrionic, Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Clients . . . . 12 Personality Disorder Risk and Protective Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Part Two: Antisocial Personality Disorder Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Antisocial Personality and Its Subtypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Antisocial Personality Disorder—Homicidal Triad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Oppositional Defiant Disorder—Behavioral Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Conduct Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Antisocial Personality Disorder Core and Surface Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Attachment and the Antisocial Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Antisocial Spectrum and Suicide Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Perception Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 How to Manage and Avoid In-Session Violence and Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Secondary Gain/Assertiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Can They Collaborate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 The “Wrong-Patient Syndrome” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Can You Bond With a Client on the Antisocial Personality Disorder Spectrum? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Transference and Countertransference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Part Three: Narcissistic Personality Disorder Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Narcissistic Personality Disorder and It's Subtypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Harm to Self and Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Building Mastery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Attachment and the Narcissistic Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Perfection Versus Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Surmount the Power Struggle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Physical and Emotional Empathy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Narcissism Key Target Areas for Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Maladaptive Beliefs About Self and Emotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Defuse Narcissistic Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Avoiding Session Sabotage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Part Four: Histrionic Personality Disorder Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Histrionic Personality and Its Subtypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Histrionic Personality Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Histrionic/Borderline Distinction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Attachment and the Histrionic Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Histrionic Spectrum and Suicide Risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Flirtation, Avoidance, and Inauthenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Histrionic Client Dangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Boundary Securement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Emotional and Behavioral Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 False Self/True Self . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Self-Worth Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Managing the Session With a Histrionic Spectrum Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 DBT: The Six Levels of Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Dependent Versus Independent Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Part Five: Borderline Personality Disorder Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Borderline Personality and Its Subtypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Borderline Personality Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Distinction Between Borderline Spectrum and Bipolar Disorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Lessening Self-Mutilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Attachment and The Borderline Spectrum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Identifying the Transitional Object . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Concept of “IT” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155 Motivations and Triggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Identifying Maladaptive Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Unconscious Wishes and Fears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Part Six: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Mindfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Observe, Describe, Participate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 Feel The Moment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Ready, Breathe, Draw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Let It Melt (Chocolate!!!) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Participating to Do It Differently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Interpersonal Effectiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Healthy/Hopeless Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Steps to Conflict Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Wants-to-Shoulds Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Getting My Needs Met F-A-S-T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Moving Beyond the Conflict: G-I-V-E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Get What You Want: D-E-A-R M-A-N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Emotion Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Primary and Secondary Emotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Acting Opposite Emotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Negative Emotional Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Emotional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Unhealthy to Healthy Coping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Distress Tolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Accept to Surpass (Radical Resistance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Proof of Survival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Four Keys to Crisis Survival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 viii T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s Accepting Reality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Willingness Over Willfulness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Appendix A Answer and Scoring Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Appendix B Emotions List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 T a b l e o f C o n t e n t s ix

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