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ON CONSTRUING A DISORDER: AN UNUSUAL CASE OF BORDERLINE
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Nada Dimčović |
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The Serbian Union of Associations for Psychotherapy (SUAP), Belgrade, Serbia |
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Abstract
A young man came to
psychotherapy, claiming that he had Borderline Personality Disorder. The
problem was his lifelong emotional reaction to rejection. As a child he was
diagnosed as having enuresis, encopresis, ADHD and depression. When well, he
acted as an able person who had worked in many capacities. Did he really suffer
from BPD? Was he now, at the age of 35, acting as ‘borderline’, as ‘normal’, or
both? We investigated his many roles comprising his dominant narrative, and tried
to find out ways for him to break the cycle.
Keywords: DSM-IV; personality disorder; personal
construct psychotherapy; constructivism |
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About the author
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Nada Dimčović. Educational
background: Dipl/psych, MA, Ph D, qualified as clinical and educational psychologist
at Belgrade University, Faculty of Philosophy, Psychology Department. In 2000
completed the psychotherapy course at the Centre for Personal Construct
Psychotherapy in London, UK. Work experience: Clinical psychologist in the
Psychiatric Hospital in Kovin (near Belgrade); clinical psychologist at the Outpatient
specialist service for children and adolescents in Belgrade; psychologist at
the Elementary School for protection of sight, Belgrade; psychologist at the Barnet,
Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, London, UK. Now working as a psychotherapist
in private practice, Belgrade, Serbia.
Contact: nadadimcovic@yahoo.co.uk
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Dimčović, N. (2019). On construing a disorder: An unusual case of borderline.
Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 16, 64-71
(Retrieved from http://www.pcp-net.org/journal/pctp19/dimcovic19.pdf)
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