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[This book provides] a basis for understanding constructivist therapy (complete with a helpful glossary for newcomers) as well as the means for organizing its diverse contemporary expressions. /// Chapter authors ... explore distinct forms of constructivist practice, sharing their journeys, their me...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Neimeyer, Robert A., 1954-, Mahoney, Michael J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1995]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Personal construct therapy.
Cognitive therapy.
Constructivism (Psychology)
Psychotherapy.
Personal Construct Theory.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Preface.
  • An Invitation to constructivist psychotherapies / Robert A. Neimeyer
  • Part I: Historical and conceptual foundations.
  • Constructivist psychotherapies: features, foundations, and future directions / Robert A. Neimeyer
  • Continuing evolution of the cognitive sciences and psychotherapies / Michael J. Mahoney
  • Forms and facets of constructivist psychology / William J. Lyddon
  • Constructivist psychotherapy: a theoretical framework / Vittorio F. Guidano
  • Part II: Personal change and reconstruction / The Challenge of change / Greg J. Neimeyer
  • Meaning-making and creative aging / Mary Baird Carlsen
  • Self-observation in constructivist psychotherapy / Vittorio F. Guidano
  • A Dialectical constructivist approach to experiential change / Leslie Greenberg and Juan Pascual-Leone.
  • Part III: The Narrative turn.
  • Hermeneutics, constructivism, and cognitive-behavioral therapies: from the object to the project / Óscar F. Gonçalves
  • Client-generated narratives in psychotherapy / Robert A. Neimeyer
  • From assessment to change: the personal meaning of clinical problems in the context of the self-narrative / Hubert J.M. Hermans
  • Part IV: Social systemic perspectives.
  • Radical constructivism: questions and answers / Jay S. Efran and Robert L. Fauber
  • Personal constructs in systemic practice / Guillem Feixas
  • Termination as a rite of passage: questioning strategies for a therapy of inclusion / David Epston and Michael White
  • Part V: The Challenge of constructivist psychotherapy.
  • Optimal therapeutic distance: a therapist's experience of personal construct psychotherapy / Larry M. Leitner
  • Construing on the edge: clinical mythology in working with borderline processes / Stephanie L. Harter
  • The Psychological demands of being a constructive psychotherapist / Michael J. Mahoney.