THERAPY FOR CLIENTS WITH PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Posted: February 2nd, 2023

FYI: CHOOSEONE OF THE PERSONALITY DISORDER
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DSM 5 PERSONALITY DISORDER LINK
https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787.x18_Personality_Disorders
https://dsm.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425787.x18_Personality_Disorders#BCFCCBDC
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THERAPY FOR CLIENTS WITH PERSONALITY DISORDERS

Individuals with personality disorders often find it difficult to overcome the enduring patterns of thought and behavior that they have thus far experienced and functioned with in daily life. Even when patients are aware that personality-related issues are causing significant distress and functional impairment and are open to counseling, treatment can be challenging for both the patient and the therapist. For this Assignment, you examine specific personality disorders and consider therapeutic approaches you might use with clients.
To prepare:
Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide about treating clients with personality disorders.
Select one of the personality disorders from the DSM-5-TR (e.g., paranoid, antisocial, narcissistic). Then, select a therapy modality (individual, family, or group) that you might use to treat a client with the disorder you selected.
THE ASSIGNMENT:
Succinctly, in 1–2 pages, address the following:
Briefly describe the personality disorder you selected, including the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria.
Explain a therapeutic approach and a modality you might use to treat a client presenting with this disorder. Explain why you selected the approach and modality, justifying their appropriateness.
Next, briefly explain what a therapeutic relationship is in psychiatry. Explain how you would share your diagnosis of this disorder with the client in order to avoid damaging the therapeutic relationship. Compare the differences in how you would share your diagnosis with an individual, a family, and in a group session.
Support your response with specific examples from this week’s Learning Resources and at least three peer-reviewed, evidence-based sources. Explain why each of your supporting sources is considered scholarly. Attach the PDFs of your sources.

I will provide the requested information for treating a client with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).

Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a mental disorder characterized by a grandiose sense of self-importance, a need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. The DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for NPD include having an exaggerated sense of self-importance, a preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty or ideal love, a belief that they are special and can only be understood by others who are special or high status, a need for excessive admiration, a sense of entitlement, exploitative behaviors, a lack of empathy and envious of others or believes others are envious of them.

For treating a client with NPD, I would choose a therapeutic approach of psychodynamic therapy and a modality of individual therapy. Psychodynamic therapy focuses on understanding the unconscious conflicts that contribute to a client’s personality and behavior. It provides a safe space for clients to explore their inner world, relationships,