Vol. 4 No. 2 (2022): July - Decembre 2022
Integrated therapy

Applied psychotherapeutical treatment of borderline personality disorder in adolescence: an account of a clinical case

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  • Ilaria Monticone,
  • Marusca Arcangeletti
Ilaria Monticone
A.S.P.I.C.
Marusca Arcangeletti
Association for the Psychological Development of the Individual and of the Community
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.177

Published 2022-12-02

Keywords

  • Borderline personality disorder, adolescence, emotional dysregulation, impulsivity, psychotherapeutical treatment, integrated pluralistic model, Association for the Psychological Development of the Individual and of the Community.

How to Cite

Monticone, I., & Arcangeletti, M. . (2022). Applied psychotherapeutical treatment of borderline personality disorder in adolescence: an account of a clinical case. Phenomena Journal - International Journal of Psychopathology, Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, 4(2), 92–108. https://doi.org/10.32069/PJ.2021.2.177

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Abstract

The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder has always been a process of difficult classification in adolescence on the grounds that the latter mentioned phase displays characteristics similar to those observed in borderline personality disorder such as emotional, behavioral and interpersonal dysregulation. In any case, research in recent years has demonstrated the borderline personality disorder begins in adolescence, and this is why it is important to effectuate an early diagnosis combined with effective psychotherapeutical treatment. In the following article we will describe the clinical case of an adolescent with borderline personality disorder. The objective is to illustrate the psychotherapeutical treatment based on the “Gestalt Integrated Experiential Pluralistic Model” (“Modello Esperienziale Pluralistico Integrato Gestaltico”) Association for the Psychological Development of the Individual and of the Community (Associazione per lo Sviluppo Psicologico dell’Individuo e della Comunità). The specificity of the multi-faceted model, that connects clinical phenomenology and humanistic psychotherapy, is to utilize diverse theories and techniques of intervention in the clinical practice which, in our case, have been adapted to the intervened changes in the adolescent and to the goal objectives within the therapeutic project.

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