Psychodynamic Treatment of Personality Disorders

Catalog description

This course will provide an introduction and overview of personality disorders and their corresponding treatment interventions from a psychodynamic theoretical perspective. Students will learn DSM criteria for diagnoses of personality disorders while developing a psychodynamically-informed understandingof personality formation and pathology. The course will include an emphasis on the evidence-base both within psychodynamic theory and practice and across the various personality disorders and their treatments.