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Personal Construct Therapy A Handbook

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Linda L. Viney

Book Code: AB2296

ISBN: 1-56750-229-6

ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-229-9

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Ablex Publishing

Publication: 1/1/1996

List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

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Series Title: Developments in Clinical Psychology

Description: This book provides a description of the change processes that occur in psychotherapy when it is viewed from a personal construct perspective. This perspective assumes both therapist and client to be active construers, making sense of themselves and one another. The ideas about people in general, which are basic to the constructivist approach, are introduced and followed by those which are specifically about psychotherapy. The construing of therapists and clients about themselves and psychotherapy is explored. Then the central role of reconstruing is considered. The reconstructive process is dealt with in some depth, including the goals of personal construct therapy, the process of reconstruing and the sharing of it between therapist and client. The main strategies of individual and group personal construct therapy are described, together with the self-monitoring that is involved in becoming an effective therapist using these ideas.

Table of Contents:

Learning a New Therapy
The Need for Personal Construct Therapy
Some Important Constructivist Ideas
Constructivist Ideas about People
Constructivist Ideas about Therapy
Construing and Reconstruing
The Therapist as Construer
The Client as Construer
Reconstruction in Personal Construct Therapy
The Reconstructive Processes of Therapy
The Goals of Personal Construct Therapy
The Retelling of Stories in Personal Construct Therapy
Story Retelling Shared by Client and Therapist
Strategies for Personal Construct Therapy
Some Therapeutic Strategies for Individuals
Some Therapeutic Strategies for Groups
Reflections
Being an Effective Personal Construct Therapist
Appendix A: Three Accounts of Personal Contruct Therapy
Readings
Glossary
Author Index
Subject Index


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