Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Perfectionism Over Time – M. M. Antony

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Summary

• In Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Perfectionism Over Time, Dr. Martin M. Antony demonstrates his approach to working with clients wrestling with issues surrounding maladaptive perfectionism.

• Perfectionism can be defined as a tendency to set standards that are unreasonably high, and to measure an individual’s worth in terms of their ability to meet these standards.

• Typically, these perfectionistic standards are applied to oneself.

• Perfectionism is sometimes associated with anxiety or related disorders, and therefore resolving a client’s anxiety may result in a decrease in more debilitating manifestations of perfectionism.

• In this series of six sessions, Dr. Antony works with a young woman who is completing a graduate degree in psychology.