61st Annual Conference

Saturday, February 28
Morning Workshops
9:00 A.M. – 12:00 Noon 

Workshop 90
Redecision Therapy, Personality Adaptations

 

Chair:           

Vann Joines, Ph.D., CGP, Psychotherapy Training Institute, Southeast

Institute, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

 

This workshop will focus on working with six core personality adaptations in groups: Schizoid, Paranoid, Antisocial, Passive-Aggressive, Obsessive-Compulsive, and Histrionic.   By knowing the “doors” to each adaptation, the therapist can quickly establish rapport, target interventions to the area that will have greatest impact for change, and avoid becoming stuck in the client's defenses.

didactic-experiential-demonstration-sharing of work experiences

 

Course References:

 

1. Kahler, T. (1982). Personality pattern inventory validation studies. Little Rock, AR:

    Kahler Communications, Inc.

2. Ware, P. (1983). Personality adaptations. Transactional Analysis Journal, 13(1), 11-19.

3. Joines, V. & Stewart, I. (2002). Introducing the adaptations. In Personality Adaptations:

    A New Guide to Human Understanding in Psychotherapy and Counseling. Nottingham

    and Chapel Hill: Lifespace Publishing.