PMID- 22903832 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121210 LR - 20181201 IS - 2044-8341 (Electronic) IS - 1476-0835 (Linking) VI - 84 IP - 1 DP - 2011 Mar TI - Progressively promoting metacognition in a case of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder treated with metacognitive interpersonal therapy. PG - 70-83; 98-110 LID - 10.1348/147608310X527240 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Many persons with personality disorders (PD) have problems contemplating mental states and using psychological knowledge to cope with their suffering and solve social problems, the skill termed metacognition in this article. Therapists can focus on metacognitive dysfunctions in order to tailor PD treatment to clients' metacognitive skills. AIMS: To briefly summarize procedures for promoting clients' abilities to define problems in mentalistic terms and use this knowledge to develop new paths towards living an adapted social life, within the context of a continuous regulation of the therapy relationship. METHOD: Qualitative analysis of session transcript excerpts from a good-outcome case treated with metacognitive interpersonal therapy. CONCLUSION: A therapeutic focus on metacognitive dysfunctions and a regulation of the therapy relationship can lead to improvements in symptoms and interpersonal functioning. The possibility of generalizing the procedure and testing it empirically is discussed. CI - (c) 2010 The British Psychological Society. FAU - Dimaggio, Giancarlo AU - Dimaggio G AD - Third Center of Cognitive Psychotherapy - Training School in Cognitive Psychotherapy Associazione di Psicologia Cognitiva (APC), Rome, Italy. FAU - Carcione, Antonino AU - Carcione A FAU - Salvatore, Giampaolo AU - Salvatore G FAU - Nicolo, Giuseppe AU - Nicolo G FAU - Sisto, Antonella AU - Sisto A FAU - Semerari, Antonio AU - Semerari A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Psychol Psychother JT - Psychology and psychotherapy JID - 101135751 SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy/*methods MH - Compulsive Personality Disorder/*therapy MH - Female MH - Humans MH - *Interpersonal Relations EDAT- 2011/03/01 00:00 MHDA- 2012/12/12 06:00 CRDT- 2012/08/21 06:00 PHST- 2012/08/21 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/03/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/12/12 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1348/147608310X527240 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Psychol Psychother. 2011 Mar;84(1):70-83; 98-110. doi: 10.1348/147608310X527240.