Translator's Preface
Author's Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction and Overview
patient
DPHP Overview
Which treatment will be given to which patient?

Part 1: Theoretical Understanding of Mild Personality Pathology

Chapter 2: A Psychodynamic Approach to Personality Pathology
Personality and personality pathology
mild personality pathology
personality rigidity
Defense mechanisms and personality rigidity
unconscious conflict

Chapter 3: Internal Object Relations, Mental Structure, and Subjective Experience in Personality Pathology
Self-representation, object representation, and personality rigidity
Internal object relations and defense mechanisms in personality pathology
Oedipus Conflict
structural change

Part 2: Psychotherapy of Mild Personality Disorders

Chapter 4 Basic Elements of DPHP
DPHP's basic tasks
What is a transfer and what role does it play in DPHP?
Theory of change in DPHP operation principles and techniques
How Change Works: Interpreting and Containing

Chapter 5: DPHP Strategy and Treatment Settings
Overview of the strategy
Strategy 1: Defining the Dominant Object Relationship
Strategy 2: Observe and Interpret the Conflicts Inherent in Dominant Object Relationships
Strategy 3: Narrow Your Focus on Treatment Goals
Strategy 4: Mastering the Identified Conflict—Integrating the Conflictual Object Relationship into the Patient's Conscious Self-Experience
Treatment settings and treatment framework
psychotherapeutic relationship
Deviation from the treatment framework
Healing Alliance

Chapter 6: DPHP Techniques: Listening to the Patient
Listening to the patient
Listening to the patient's verbal communication
'Listening' to nonverbal patient communication

Chapter 7 DPHP Techniques: Intervention
technical neutrality
analysis
Resistance analysis
personality analysis
Interpretation and Containment

Chapter 8 DPHP's Tactics
Tactic 1: Where to Intervene - Identifying Priority Topics
Tactic 2: Defining the Conflict
Tactic 3: Systematic Analysis of Dominant Conflicts
Tactic 4: Analyzing the Relationship Between Dominant Conflicts and Treatment Goals

Part 3: Patient Assessment, Treatment Stages, and Combination of DPHP with Other Treatments

Chapter 9 Patient Evaluation and Differential Treatment Planning
Patient evaluation and diagnostic interview
Diagnostic Interview: Information
Diagnostic Interview: Method
Differential treatment plan

Chapter 10 Treatment Stages
DPHP start-up phase
DPHP intermediate stage
DPHP termination stage
therapeutic deadlock

Chapter 11: Combination of Drug Therapy and Other Treatments in DPHP
Combination of depression treatment and DPHP
Combination of DPHP with the treatment of anxiety disorders
Combining sex therapy, couples therapy, group therapy, and DPHP

Chapter 12 Conclusion
Diagnosis, structuring, and treatment of personality pathology
research
training
Flexible execution

References