Developments in measurement and methodology demonstrate the indisputable relevance of personality psychology in the workplace. This analysis of the subject covers topics such as personnel selection, job performance, worker management, and the study of leadership.
Three Approaches and Their Applications to the Causes and Treatment of Depression
Examines three contemporary scientific approaches to the study of personality-the psychodynamic, the trait-psychobiological, and the cognitive. It also focuses on corresponding theoretical frameworks that continue to guide much of the research on personality disorders-attachment and separation, the psychobiological paradigm, and cognitive ......
This book shows how behavioral views of personality can be applied to produce effective assessment and treatment. It explains the basic principles of behavior theory and therapy, and the primary behavioral strategies used in client assessment and formulation, describes core techniques, and illustrates how such techniques can be applied to clients.
Integrates cognitive-behavioral approaches with Millon's personologic model to yield a psychotherapeutic approach. In personality-guided cognitive-behavior therapy, clinical conditions are seen as stemming not just from distorted thinking or behavioral excesses and deficits, but also from personality attributes and situational demands.
Discusses the hot area of forensic psychology -- the crossroads of law and psychology -- and illustrates how personality-guided assessment is a useful tool in the multiple arenas in which forensic psychologists are active: child custody evaluation, fitness for duty evaluations, personal injury, domestic violence, and many others.
Jeffrey J. Magnavita demonstrates how personality theory guides his approach to psychotherapy. The book reconciles and integrates several theoretical viewpoints, enabling clinicians to conceptualize clinical syndromes by understanding the complex interplay of elements from the biopsychosocial model.
Describes a different approach to treating complicated depression. Using Theodore Millon's personality-guided psychology as framework, this volume illuminates how specific personality types play into depression, and how taking personality into account enables psychologists to tailor their interventions to the patient.
This resource aims to shed light on the role personality factors play in the genesis and treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Using Theodore Millon's psychology as a framework, the authors provide insight into this challenging disorder.
Demonstrates the author's unified model of conceptualizing personality dysfunction and focusing treatment using four well-established constructs as pattern recognition tools. This title offers a unified framework that allows for the holistic blending of many therapeutic strategies by selecting from the array of evidence-based approaches.
