Presenter(s): Alex Bui—Psychology
Session: Prerecorded Poster Presentation
The challenge of treating individuals with personality disorder is a phenomenon that troubles clinical researchers and therapists alike . While novel attempts to understand personality disorder have
led to innovative approaches to treatment, no contemporary psychotherapies have outperformed established therapies in regards to psychotherapeutic efficacy . In an attempt to identify potential factors contributing to psychotherapeutic inefficacy, this study follows an individual exhibiting severe Cluster C personality disorder symptomatology and utilizes Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to identify potential themes responsible for impeding psychotherapeutic efficacy . The following research incorporates the participant’s developmental history with modern theories of personality disorder to elaborate these themes . The conclusions reached in this research demonstrate the utility of adopting hermeneutic phenomenology into clinical practice and outline potential mechanisms which may potentially play a role in impeding psychotherapeutic efficacy for Cluster C personality disorder patients .