The effectiveness of acceptance and commitment-based psychotherapy based on the components of personality organization and defense styles of people with borderline personality disorder

The aim of this study was the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment therapy on the organization of personality and defense styles of people with borderline personality. The research method was single-subject design A-B-A The statistical population includes all people with borderline personality disorder who were referred to the outpatient department of Zare Psychiatric Hospital and Mana Home Sari Clinic in June 2016. Among them, 3 people were selected by sampling method and treated for 40 sessions. they got. Data were collected in three baselines: treatment, follow-up, and follow-up over 11 months using the Kernberg  IPO Personality Questionnaire (Kronberg, 2002) and the DSQ-40 Defense Styles (Anders & et al., 1993). For statistical analysis, the shape analysis method, stable change, was used. Analysis of the results in the treatment phase, the first person in the variables of reality testing, total personality score, the second person in the variables of confusion, reality testing, total personality score, progress growth defense, and the third person in personality, immature defense and Mental defense was seen as annoying. The follow-up stage of the first person was seen in the components of reality testing, confusion, the second person in reality testing, confusion, personality score, and the third person in the real testing variables of personality score, growth defense, immature defense. ACT treatment in 10 months I can make changes in a person with a borderline personality, Further research is needed to generalize the findings.