Russell Meares is a professor emeritus of psychiatry at Sydney University. He lives in Australia.
"Meares does an excellent job of integrating the relevant
brain/neuroscience research . . . There are compelling hypotheses
drawn . . . I would recommend these two books to anyone who works
with borderline patients. . . . a worthwhile guide for the
clinician who is a novice and a good review/extension for the
experienced therapist."
*The National Psychologist*
"These two companion volumes together make a remarkable and
original contribution to the theoretical and clinical literature on
borderline personality disorder (BPD). . . . [T]his is the most
comprehensive, evidence-based, and theoretically integrated model
of BPD that I have read."
*Journal of Analytical Psychology*
"This book is intended to be read by clinicians, psychologists, or
other professionals in healthcare and psychology. [But with]
numerous examples and well-organized chapters, this book is easy to
understand even for someone who is only beginning his or her career
in psychology."
*International Journal of Psychotherapy*
"[E]ssential reading not only for clinicians working with
borderline patients and interested in using the conversational
model, but also for any practitioner in the field interested in
rethinking the structure of the way they talk with their
patients."
*Metapsychology*
"[O]ffers one of the most important clinical assessments to the
treatment of borderline pathology that has appeared in quite some
time . . . . A 'must' for any psychology collection, this will
prove a basic reference on the subject for years to come."
*Midwest Book Review*
"Full of techniques for building therapeutic relationships with
patients . . . this compelling guide is essential reading for those
in the psychology and psychiatric fields."
*Book News*
"This book is one of the most important clinical contributions of
the past 20 years to the understanding and treatment of borderline
pathology. Meares and his co-authors conceive of the borderline
personality as the outcome of a disintegration of the mind-brain
function. The authors have found that a conversational rhythm based
on 'analogical responsiveness' constitutes the most effective way
of working with borderline patients, which they convincingly
illustrate. This book is essential reading not only for clinicians
working with borderline patients, but for all those interested in
rethinking the very structure of the way we talk with our
patients."
*Thomas Ogden, M.D., Director, Center for the Advanced Study of the
Psychoses*
"Justly admired for his erudition and originality, Russell Meares
has inspired a group of clinicians to enter into a unique form of
'conversation' with patients with borderline personality disorder.
This manual, the record of their experience, recounts how
'conversation' comes alive with the verbal and nonverbal
communications that form the foundation of human relatedness and
the individual's coherence and cohesion of self. While they seem
deceptively simple, the conversations of the model can and do touch
the dissociative patient's sense of self as powerfully as a
mother's acknowledging glance to her baby: I know you! And through
my knowing you, you will come to know yourself. The reader will
learn how a deep understanding of the traumatized self emerges from
the analogic links and metaphoric connections the method promotes.
The therapist converses in language that is not jargon,
intellectual, or theory-based, but is direct, empathic, and attuned
to the patient's own mode of expression. The explanations of how
each minute particular of conversation fits into a larger system
provide a valuable learning experience for both experienced and
inexperienced therapists. This manual is a delight for
developmentalists and a source of learning and inspiration for
therapists who treat patients with BPD and other disturbances of
self."
*Joseph D. Lichtenberg, M.D., Editor-in-Chief, Psychoanalytic
Inquiry*
"Meares and colleagues have produced a truly inspiring and moving
guide to conversational model therapy. This book is a profoundly
humane account of a theoretically compelling, evidence-based
treatment for borderline personality disorder, full of vivid and
rich case material. All therapists, no matter their theoretical
orientation, will find this book of immeasurable value."
*Else Guthrie, Professor of Psychological Medicine and Medical
Psychotherapy, University of Manchester*
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