THE DEFINITIVE BRITISH TEXTBOOK OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS: Science, System, and Synthesis Personality Disorder in the 21st Century
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"What happened to you?" instead of "What’s wrong with you?"
In this groundbreaking textbook, Jayden Josh James challenges the dark history of "moral insanity" and "untreatability" that has long defined the British experience of personality disorder. By weaving together attachment theory, epigenetics, and the radical insights of the Power Threat Meaning Framework, James re-conceptualizes personality disorder not as a fixed character flaw, but as a coherent relational adaptation to adversity and trauma.
This text doesn't just theorize; it operationalizes compassion. Through the Integrated Personality Treatment Framework (IPTF), James provides a step-by-step guide to delivering trauma-informed, culturally sensitive care that respects the intersectionality of race, gender, and class. Whether you are working in a Primary Care Network or a high-secure forensic unit, this book equips you to help your patients rewrite the scripts of their lives—moving from surviving to thriving.
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Jayden Josh James (MSc, PGDip CBT, PGDip DBT, MBT, EMDR) is an Advanced Psychotherapist and a leading clinical voice in the modern treatment of personality disorders. With over a decade of experience across both the NHS and independent practice, he currently serves as a senior clinician at Talking Therapies UK.
A specialist in the integration of evidence-based modalities, Jayden holds postgraduate qualifications in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), and EMDR. His work is defined by a commitment to bridging the gap between complex neurobiological research and practical, frontline clinical application.
Jayden is the architect of the Integrated Personality Treatment Framework (IPTF), a modular approach designed to meet the evolving challenges of the ICD-11 diagnostic shift and the Community Mental Health Transformation. As an author and educator, his mission is to move the field beyond therapeutic nihilism toward a trauma-informed, compassionate, and scientifically rigorous model of recovery for those living with personality-based distress.
