1st Edition

Cognitive Behavior Therapy with Gifted Adults A Guide to Personality, Diagnostics, and the Therapeutic Relationship

By Adriaan Sprey Copyright 2026
174 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

174 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents a cognitive behavior approach to therapy with gifted adults, providing insight into and offering practical tools for diagnosing and working with the often unseen and unrecognized problems of these clients. The book starts with a systematic outline of practical screening for giftedness and diagnosis of specific personality traits, discussing the common traits of giftedness... Read more

1. Common Personality Traits in Giftedness  2. Diagnostics for Giftedness in Relation to Personality and Symptoms  3. Case Conceptualization and Functional Analysis of Dual Core Behavior in Giftedness and Personality  4. Cognitive-behavioral Therapy for Giftedness and Personality: Treatment Plan, Techniques and Process  5. The Therapeutic Relationship in Giftedness Combined With Specific Personality Traits: Self-analysis and Functional Analysis  6. The Narcissistic Personality Disorder  Appendices

Biography

Adriaan Sprey is a clinical psychologist/psychotherapist and in his private practice for education he gives supervision, psychotherapy, diagnostics/personality analysis and post-academic training and education on psychodiagnostics and psychotherapy (www.adriaansprey.nl).