Vaz, AlexandreEcker, Bruce2020-12-182020-12-182020Journal of Clinical Psychology, 76(11), 1-12 Doi: 10.1002/jclp.230580021-9762http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/7875For a case of severe perfectionism, comorbid with complex trauma symptomatology including suicidality, self-harming, and other markers of borderline personality, we demonstrate the use of the empirically confirmed process identified in memory reconsolidation (MR) research for the unlearning and nullification, or "erasure," of emotional and behavioral responses driven by learned expectations and mental models. MR has been proposed as a transtheoretical, unifying mechanism underlying profound psychotherapeutic change. The therapist (first author), under the second author's supervision, used a varied set of clinical skills woven together through a focus on the MR process.engBorderline personalityComplex traumaImplicit emotional learningMechanism of changeMemory reconsolidationPerfectionismPsychotherapyjournal article10.1002/jclp.23058