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The Transformation of Meaning in Psychological Therapies - Integrating Theory & Practice M Power

The Transformation of Meaning in Psychological Therapies - Integrating Theory & Practice By M Power

The Transformation of Meaning in Psychological Therapies - Integrating Theory & Practice by M Power


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Psychotherapy theory and practice are often viewed as divergent and fragmented, with clinicians often critical of the relevance of theory to the reality of practice. This book unifies theory and practice by focusing on the role of meaning in both modern psychological theory and in the practice of therapy.

The Transformation of Meaning in Psychological Therapies - Integrating Theory & Practice Summary

The Transformation of Meaning in Psychological Therapies - Integrating Theory & Practice by M Power

Are there common mechanisms that apply across different therapies that might explain their effectiveness? Many psychologists, psychotherapists and counsellors, whether clinicians or researchers, now recognize that one such key mechanism involves the transformation of meaning in the process of therapy. The purpose of this book is to show how the transformation of meaning is related to therapeutic change. Change in therapy can and should occur at a number of levels for improvement to be maintained, whether in behavior therapy, cognitive therapy or psychoanalytic therapy. The leading scientists and practitioners who have contributed to this book approach therapy from very different perspectives, but they together help to fashion a common framework for understanding the role of meaning in therapeutic change.

About M Power

Mick Power is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh and an honorary consultant clinical psychologist at the royal Edinburgh Hospital. he is the co-founder of the journal Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy and has previously edited handbooks of mood disorders and of cognition and emotion. His main interest is in the application of theories of cognition and emotion to the understanding of psychological disorders.

Table of Contents

About the Editors. List of Contributors. Preface.On the Causal Role of Meaning (D. Bolton & J. Hill). The Biopsychosociology of Meaning (P. Gilbert). Conscious and Unconscious Representations of Meaning (M. Power). Early Adversity and the Creation of Personal Meaning (B. Andrews). The Impact of Trauma on Meaning: From Meaningless World to Meaningful Life (R. Janoff-Bulman & C. Frantz). Psychological Defences and the Distortion of Meaning (C. Brewin). The Transformation of Meaning in Cognitive Therapy (A. Hackmann). The Transformation of Meaning: The Interacting Cognitive Subsystems Approach (J. Teasdale). Emotion in the Creation of Personal Meaning (L. Greenberg & J. Pascual-Leone). The Transformation of Meaning: A Psychoanalytic Perspective (P. Mollon). Foundations for the Systematic Study of Meaning and Therapeutic Change (M. Power & C. Brewin). Author Index. Subject Index.

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GOR011489733
9780471970057
0471970050
The Transformation of Meaning in Psychological Therapies - Integrating Theory & Practice by M Power
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Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
19970423
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