Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy remains unique in providing instruments for dealing with clients with prominent emotional inhibition and suppression, a population for whom treatment options are largely lacking.

Giancarlo Dimaggio, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, has published six books on psychotherapy for severe patients and around 200 scientific articles and book chapters. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Psychology: In-Session.

Paolo Ottavi, psychologist and psychotherapist, is the main developer of two published treatments with empirical support: Metacognition Oriented Social Skills Training and Metacognitive-Interpersonal Based Mindfulness Training.

Raffaele Popolo, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, has published many scientific papers and developed Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy in Group which has already been tested in two randomised control trials and two pilot studies. It is currently applied in Norway, Spain and Australia.

Giampaolo Salvatore, psychiatrist and psychotherapist has published many scientific papers and has adapted Metacognitive Intepersonal Therapy for psychosis and for borderline personality disorders.

INTRODUCTION; 1: PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS 1: NARRATIVES, INTERPERSONAL SCHEMAS AND MENTAL STATES; 2: PERSONALITY DISORDER PSYCHOPATHOLOGY 2: METACOGNITION, COPING AND EMOTIONAL REGULATION. MAINTENANCE MODEL; 3: USE OF IMAGERY AND BODILY TECHNIQUES IN PSYCHOTHERAPY; 4: THE DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURE AND EXPERIENTIAL TECHNIQUES; 5: GUIDED IMAGERY AND IMAGERY RESCRIPTING; 6: DRAMA TECHNIQUES: TWO CHAIRS, ROLE-PLAY AND ENACTMENT; 7: BODY INTERVENTIONS; 8: BEHAVIOURAL EXPLORATION AND ACTIVATION; 9: TECHNIQUES FOR RESTRUCTURING ATTENTION AND TREATING COGNITIVE COPING STRATEGIES; 10: METACOGNITIVE INTERPERSONAL THERAPY IN GROUP (MIT-G); 11: TECHNIQUE SEQUENCES; REFERENCES