Psychotherapy and Counselling in Practice

A Narrative Framework
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-47963-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 544 g

The many different therapeutic models in use today can lead to blind spots in clinical practice. This important and timely book gives a balanced synthesis, based on actual cases, evidence, practice and experience, to describe the process of psychotherapy and identify the fundamental elements that lead to good outcome across all its schools. In the course of developing a consistently reliable, effective, practical psychotherapy, Digby Tantam pinpoints four essential principles: addressing the person's concerns; taking into account their values and personal morality; recognizing the role of emotions; and binding it all into a narrative treatment for symptom relief, resolution of predicaments, release from addiction or sexual problems, and finding happiness through intimacy. This book is essential reading for psychiatrists or clinical psychologists looking for a straightforward framework for short-term psychotherapy and anyone working long-term with patients using a psychotherapy model.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tantam, Digby

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; 1. Establishing the concerns; 2. Values; 3. What life means: emotional flavour; 4. Narrating the treatment: the formulation, reformulation and therapeutic contract; 5. Narrating the self; 6. Procedures for gaining relief; 7. Resolution: finding out what's doing this to me; 8. Universal technique for resolving predicaments; 9. Relinquishment and releasement: changing something about me; 10. Renarration: finding happiness; 11. Crises and how to surmount them; References; Appendix I: confidential record; Appendix II; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Tantam, Digby
DOB 15 March 1948 Co-director, Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation About 100 papers in psychology, psychotherapy, medical, psychiatry journals. Two co-authored books, five edited books. Previously Professor of Psychotherapy at the University of Warwick, and Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of Manchester. Degrees in medicine, maths and philosophy, animal physiology. Long-standing interest in brief psychotherapy, non-verbal communication and Asperger syndrome. Previous Chair of United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy and University Psychotherapy and Counselling Association. Professional associations/learned bodies Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists Associate Member, British Psychological Society Member, British Association of Counselling Registrar, European Association of Psychotherapy Member, North West Institute of Dynamic Psychotherapy British Medical Association International Society for the Study of Emotions Universities Psychotherapy Association