PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fritz Perls, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder
Document Summary
Long standing, inflexible, maladaptive pattern of behaving and relating to others. Tend to have problems in relationships and at work. Generally clusters into 3 categories: odd behavior. Self important, high entitlement, self centered, arrogant, exploitive, craves admiration and attention, lacks empathy. Childhood: lie, steal, vandalize, initiate fights, skip school, run away from home, may be physically cruel to others and to animals. Adolescence often drink excessively, use drugs, and engage in promiscuous sex. Adulthood: can be highly successful typically fail to keep a job, are bad parents, do not honour financial (or other) commitments or law: anxious/fearful. Overly dependent on others for advice and approval. Fear of abandonment: can have combinations of personality disorders. Belief you experience physical complaints and disabilities. Impossible, numbness would be down arm as in second picture. Goal of treatment: help change maladaptive thoughts, feelings and behaviors. Process of therapy: relationship between client and psychologist and technique.
