Psychotherapy A Practical Guide

This title combines the many schools of thought on psychotherapy into one reader-friendly guide that coaches psychotherapists through the various techniques needed as the field expands. Unlike any other book on the market, this text considers all of the simultaneous advances in the field, including...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Smith, Jeffery. author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2017.
Edición:1st ed. 2017.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Avoidance of affect, a basic human instinct operating throughout development
  • How painful affects are detoxified in psychotherapy and in life
  • Creating a safe and attuned context
  • Bringing dreaded feelings into consciousness
  • Challenging and inviting change of dysfunctional patterns of though, values and behavior
  • Building a narrative framework to support change
  • Seeking to understand what is observed
  • Introduction: Critical periods in development and the problems they pose
  • Group One: Schemas, nonverbal learned behavior patterns that increase pleasure and avoid pain
  • Group Two: Dissociative patterns
  • Group Three: Inborn avoidance mechanisms: Anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive patterns.