Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-303) and indexes.
"In Personality-Guided Therapy for Depression, Neil R. Bockian describes a promising new approach to treating individuals with complicated depression for whom progress is painfully slow, elusive, or followed by relapse. The causes and experience of depression are influenced by personality style: Depression experienced by a person with a dependent style, for example, differs markedly from that experienced by someone with an antisocial personality. This volume, drawing insights from major theoretical orientations, demonstrates how psychotherapy can be tailored to patients' varying needs and communication styles. Because treating personality disorders alleviates depression and vice versa, this approach offers new hope for progress in both realms."--Jacket.