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Cognitive Psychodynamics as an Integrative Framework in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy 1st ed. 2019


Cognitive Psychodynamics as an Integrative Framework in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy 1st ed. 2019

Paperback by Ward, Tony; Plagnol, Arnaud

Cognitive Psychodynamics as an Integrative Framework in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy

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ISBN:
9783030258252
Publication Date:
2 Sep 2020
Edition/language:
1st ed. 2019 / English
Publisher:
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Pages:
277 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 27 May - 1 Jun 2024
Cognitive Psychodynamics as an Integrative Framework in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy

Description

This book proposes a novel method of combining the current approaches to counselling and psychotherapy into one coherent framework. The authors argue that the cognitive behavioural tradition (largely focused on thought patterns) and the psychodynamic approach (centred on the client's experience and relationships), can be successfully integrated with insights from cognitive neuroscience, to form a fruitful synthesis. In doing so they provide a perspective that will enable practitioners to more fully appreciate each client's unique inner world, based on their individual history and environment. The authors point towards the brain's innate ability to understand and learn from experience so as to direct the growth of that inner world. This book elaborates a method of tapping into this innate growth potential, so as to help clients move forward when they have become trapped in non-productive patterns or mental stalemates. It will provide fresh insights and a valuable resource for counselling psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists, as well as for academics and students in these fields.

Contents

Preface.- Chapter 1. The psychotherapeutic landscape at the start of the 21st Century.- Chapter 2. Insights from cognitive neuroscience.- Chapter 3. In search of the good life.- Chapter 4. Defined by our past.- Chapter 5. Principles of cognitive psychodynamic therapy.- Chapter 6. When life loses its lustre.- Chapter 7. Traumatic disorders - when the home collapses.- Chapter 8. Invaded by threat: anxiety and obsessive-compulsive thoughts.- Chapter 9. Possible worlds.- Chapter 10. Two paradigms to explore inner worlds.- Chapter 11. High level navigation.- Chapter 12. Conclusions and future directions.- Index.

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