I do agree with your answer!

A subject fond in my heart…uncorruptable statesmen. Any ideas?

Or how to spot the ones there already so we all can support them more because they are already that!!!

I know a another post or a book….

It would be a great parental book the ingredients it takes to raise an uncorruptable statesmen…don’t you think?

Would love to collaborate on that one!!!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Diane

I do plan to expand on the core dynamics as well as to take a more in-depth look at each aggressive personality subtype.

Now, as to your really good question:

Although they are not naturally predisposed to give-in or give ground, even when it would be in their (and everyone else’s) best interest, these individuals can indeed learn to do so. That’s what good, confrontive cognitive-behavioral therapy can and should do. The reason that for so long we didn’t seem to help these folks was not so much been that the core dynamics are impossible to deal with. The problem was that for too long the core issues were never actually the focus of intervention. For example, some counselors wasted a whole lot of time and energy trying to get their clients to “see” the long term consequences of their behavior. I still encounter counselors who delude themselves into thinking that they will be that one counselor in a hundred who finally makes the light bulb go off in their client’s head. Insight-oriented approaches are doomed to fail, because these characters already have insight, yet the behavior pattern persists because of the degree to which it is ingrained. Other counselors tended to equate challenging core maladaptive conduct as unnecessarily judgmental and alienating with respect to building a therapeutic relationship. Whatever the reason, the core problem would often go unaddressed. There are so many novel and interesting ways one can deal creatively with the core issues, once the decision is made to make them the primary focus of therapeutic work. In my professional workshops, I like to cite an example of one man I worked with who was so power and control-oriented that it took two years of progressive approximation behavioral strategies just to get him to let one of his golf buddies be the driver of the golf cart. Slow, steady, work ………. creative at times,……… but always focused on the real problem. I wouldn’t have stuck with this kind of work for over 20 years if I hadn’t seen many positive results. I just had to give up all the old notions I had about how to help people change.

Very informative article. Your point that these types have an inordinate predisposition for aggression at the heart of their character disturbances is well recieved. The sub-catorgories are helpful in pinpointing certain behaviors of typical personalty character disorders. Unrelenting fighters that sure fits their behaviors. Are you going to expand on these through out your articles? I hope so. Like an example of behaviors. I doubt they are about to concede, back down or submit for their long term best interests or anyone elses. Are there therapies that have actually resulted in this?

Thanks,
Diane