Articles

• Integrated Treatment for Personality Disorder: A Modular Approach. W. John Livesley, Giancarlo Dimaggio & John F. Clarkin, (Eds.), Guilford Press, 2016.
• Metacognition: A Potential Mechanism of Change in the Psychotherapy of Perpetrators of Domestic Violence. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 2019, Dave Misso, Robert Schweitzer & Giancarlo Dimaggio.
• Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy for Intimate Partner Violence: A Single Case Study. Partner Abuse, 2021, Andrew Pasetto, Dave Misso, Patricia Velotti & Giancarlo Dimaggio.
• Social Cognition and Metacognition in Schizophrenia: Psychopathology and Treatment Approaches. Paul Lysaker, Giancarlo Dimaggio & Martin Brune (Eds.), Elsevier, 2014.
• Treating intimate partner violence with metacognitive interpersonal therapy: The case of Aaron, Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2022, Dave Misso, Patricia Velotti, Andrew Pasetto & Giancarlo Dimaggio.

Books

• Containing States of Mind: Exploring Bion's 'Container Model' in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Duncan Cartwright, Routledge, 2013.
• Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy: Body, Imagery and Change. Giancarlo Dimaggio, Paolo Ottavi, Raffaele Popolo & Giampaolo Salvatore, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020.
• Psychoanalysis, Violence and Rage-Type Murder: Murdering Minds. Duncan Cartwright, Routledge, 2014.
• Recovery, Meaning-making, and Severe Mental Illness: A Comprehensive Guide to Metacognitive Reflection and Insight Therapy. Paul Lysaker & Reid Klion, New York: Routledge, 2017.
• The Recovery of the Self in Psychosis: Contributions from Metacognitive and Mentalization Based Oriented Psychotherapy. ​Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon & Paul Lysaker (Eds.), NY: Routledge, 2021.

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Author: Duncan Cartwright

Wilfred Bion’s insights into the analytic process have had a profound influence on how psychoanalysts and psychotherapists understand emotional change and pathological mental states. One of his most influential ideas concerns the notion that we need the minds of others to develop our own emotional and cognitive capacities.

Authors: Giancarlo Dimaggio, Antonella Montano, Raffaele Popolo and Giampaolo Salvatore

Patients with personality disorders need targeted treatments which are able to deal with the specific aspects of the core pathology and to tackle the challenges they present to the treatment clinicians. Such patients, however, are often difficult to engage, are prone to ruptures in the therapeutic alliance, and have difficulty adhering to a manualized treatment.

Author: Duncan Cartwright

What turns an apparently 'normal' individual into a killer?
Many people who commit "rage type" murders have no history of violence. Using psychoanalytic theory and a number of case studies, this book isolates key psychological factors that appear to help explain why such acts of extreme violence occur.

Authors: Paul H. Lysaker and Reid E. Klion

Recovery, Meaning-Making, and Severe Mental Illness offers practitioners an integrative treatment model that will stimulate and harness their creativity, allowing for the formation of new ideas about wellness in the face of profound suffering.

Edited by Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon and Paul Lysaker

The Recovery of the Self in Psychosis details specific therapeutic approaches as well as considers how treatments can be individually tailored and adapted to help persons whose mental health challenges may be either mild or more severe.

Authors: Giancarlo Dimaggio, Paolo Ottavi, Raffaele Popolo and Giampaolo Salvatore

Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy (MIT) remains unique in providing instruments for dealing with clients with prominent emotional inhibition and suppression, a population for whom treatment options are largely lacking.

Author: Hombakazi Mercy NQandeka

No need to fret. Don't Upset ooMalume! captures the essence of Xhosa heritage and culture, and explores different aspects of village life. It covers a range of topics, from major Xhosa life ceremonies and traditional clothing, to the significance of uronta (the rondavel) and ubuhlanti (the kraal). Not forgetting the importance of traditional food, the author describes popular dishes, edible forage and even medicinal plants.

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