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PERSONAL CONSTRUCT
THEORY & PRACTICE
Vol.16
2019

An Internet Journal devoted to the Psychology of Personal Constructs

 
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ON CONSTRUING A DISORDER: AN UNUSUAL CASE OF BORDERLINE


Nada Dimčović

The Serbian Union of Associations for Psychotherapy (SUAP), Belgrade, Serbia





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




 


About the author


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


 


Reference

Dimčović, N. (2019). On construing a disorder: An unusual case of borderline.
Personal Construct Theory & Practice, 16, 64-71

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ISSN 1613-5091

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