William S Breitbart, Shannon R Poppito

Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer

A Treatment Manual

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) for advanced cancer patients is a highly effective intervention for advanced cancer patients, developed and tested in randomized controlled trials by Breitbart and colleagues at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. This treatment manual for group therapy provides clinicians in the oncology and palliative care settings a highly effective, brief, structured intervention shown to be effective in helping patients sustain meaning, hope and quality of life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 174mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 283g
• ISBN-13: 9780199837250
• ISBN-10: 0199837252
• Artikelnr.: 40579783

Autorenporträt

WB: Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chief, Psychiatry Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; SP: Psychologist, City of Hope National Medical Center

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction: Treatment Overview for Therapists
* a. General Guidelines
* b. How to Use the Manual
* 1. Session 1. Concepts and Sources of Meaning: Introductions and
Meaning
* 2. Session 2. Cancer and Meaning: Identity before and after cancer
diagnosis
* 3. Session 3. Historical Sources of Meaning: Life as Legacy that has
been given [past]
* 4. Session 4. Historical Sources of Meaning: Life as Legacy that one
lives [present] and gives [future]
* 5. Session 5. Attitudinal Sources of Meaning: Encountering Life's
Limitations
* 6. Session 6. Creative Sources of Meaning : Creativity, Courage and
Responsibility
* 7. Session 7. Experiential Sources of Meaning: Connecting with Life
* 8. Session 8. Transitions: Reflection and Hopes for Future
* References
* Handouts
* Exercises
* Homework