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Originally Posted by indiajade
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You sounded like a therapist. With that in mind, I refer you to Understanding and Treating the Psychopath by Dennis M. Doren.
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(although he may be using this "I am willing to get help" scheme to keep me in his life to continue using me at his disposal, but hey, I figure why not play the game with the chance he may actually get some effective treatment)
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If you like being in his life, then what's the trouble anyway?
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What I consider “games” in the original post are strategies I have used with him in order to promote this intrinsic motivation.
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I don't know a lot about your particular antisocial, his likes, dislikes, and so forth. But a few psychopaths I know and I have willingly entered into therapy simply out of curiosity and the chance to talk about ourselves. If he's interested in himself (which, if he's a psychopath or antisocial, he more than likely is), you could probably work that angle.
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- I presented him with literature to read; however, it was not the clinical perspective of ASPD (in my research, I found a touching article written from the perspective of a person with the condition). Here is the article I found:
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You notice that the very things that make other people happy have a very opposite effect on you: your head fills with jarring "static," like a radio playing with the tuner caught between two or more stations. Reacting instinctively to this, you try to push people away because their closeness causes the static to get worse, but then you discover a new problem: you seem to need them anyway.
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What a wonderful analogy. I've never heard it described that way.
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(Patient in an inpatient unit, to an NP who is organizing an outing.) "No, I'm not going out with you guys this time, and I'm going to buy some magazines when I'm there." HUH???? This kind of thing, as Hare demonstrates, happens all the time.
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Wait until you see four or five of us try to have a conversation, haha.
Where did you find this article?
I don't know of any psychologists or psychiatrists who specialize solely in ASPD or psychopathy off hand. But I, personally, have had therapists who were very helpful simply by discussing things with me and providing an environment where I felt I could let my guard down and talk openly about myself. But, as mentioned before, the patient has to be able to trust the therapist at least enough to not be manipulative, which is why it's important to emphasize to the patient that it's beneficial to him.