Contemporary Interpersonal Theory And Research: Personality, Psychopathology, And Psychotherapy (Series In Clinical Psychology And Personality)

Contemporary Interpersonal Theory and Research: Personality, Psychopathology, and Psychotherapy (Series in Clinical Psychology and Personality)

In the first part of the book, the focus is on generalprinciples of personality and maladjustment as viewed from theinterpersonal perspective. Dr. Kiesler introduces the interpersonalcircle—one of the central conceptual underpinnings ofinterpersonal theory and practice. He then explores the importanceof the interpersonal circle in both research and clinicalapplications, including its roles in the assessment of maladaptivebehavior, the conceptualization and diagnosis of DSMTMmental disorders, the analysis of the therapeutic relationship, andthe shaping of subsequent interpersonal interventions. Dr. Kiesleralso describes the various interpersonal cognitive components anddelineates interpersonal principles of complementarity. And heprovides circumplex inventories, indispensable tools of the tradeused in interpersonal diagnosis, treatment and supervisionplanning, and evaluation processes.