8c - Expanding on Interpersonal Models of Personality Pathology: Author Rejoinder to Commentaries on Interpersonal Models of Personality Pathology

Summary

This rejoinder discusses four areas for growth articulated by the commentaries provided on the initial chapter. The authors add greater specificity for how interpersonal styles can inform therapy approaches. They discuss how static and dynamic conceptualizations of personality disorder can be approached from an interpersonal framework. They agree with Durbin about the importance of relationship context and discuss how interpersonal models can be applied to specific relationship contexts. Finally, they reassert the importance of context in understanding interpersonal processes, while recognizing that “context” is embedded through many of the interpersonal assumptions.