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1. Metacognition and Severe Adult Mental Disorders

   From Research to Treatment

   Edited by Giancarlo Dimaggio, Paul H. Lysaker

   Many adults who experience severe mental illness also suffer from deficits in metacognition - put simply, thinking about one’s own thought processes - limiting their abilities to recognize, express and manage naturally occurring painful emotions and routine social problems as well as to fathom the...

   Published March 11th 2010 by Routledge
2. Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders

   Metacognition, States of Mind and Interpersonal Cycles

   By Giancarlo Dimaggio, Antonio Semerari, Antonino Carcione, Giuseppe Nicolò, Michele Procacci

   An accurate description of the problems associated with personality disorders can lead to psychotherapists providing better treatment for their patients, alleviating some of the difficulties associated with handling such disorders. The authors draw on existing therapeutic approaches and concepts to...

   Published January 10th 2007 by Routledge
3. The Dialogical Self in Psychotherapy

   An Introduction

   Edited by Hubert J.M. Hermans, Giancarlo Dimaggio

   How can a theory of the self be used to understand the psychotherapeutic process? The basic assumption of the 'dialogical self' is that there is no centralised 'headquarter' in the mind, but that the internal self is made up of a number of different 'characters'. Interpersonal relationships, from...

   Published August 25th 2004 by Routledge