Presentation Example: Avoidant Personality Disorder | Attachment & Psychodynamic Therapy

This video answers the question: Can I review a presentation example for Avoidant Personality Disorder?

Avoidant Personality Disorder:

Contained in Cluster C in the DSM – The anxious, fearful cluster (along with Dependent and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders

Four of seven symptoms required for diagnosis
1. Avoids occupational activities that involve significant interpersonal contact, because of fears of criticism, disapproval, or rejection
2. Is unwilling to get involved with people unless certain of being liked
3. Shows restraint within intimate relationships because of the fear of being shamed or ridiculed
4. Is preoccupied with being criticized or rejected in social situations
5. Is inhibited in new interpersonal situations because of feelings of inadequacy
6. Views self as socially inept, personally unappealing, or inferior to others
7. Is unusually reluctant to take personal risk or to engage in any new activities because they may prove embarrassing

GUINA, J. (2016). The Talking Cure of Avoidant Personality Disorder: Remission through Earned-Secure Attachment. American Journal of Psychotherapy, 70(3), 233.

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