Psychotherapy and counselling in Practice: a narrative framework/
Digby Tantam
- UK : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- 334p. : 24cm.
Establishing the concerns -- Why start with the consideration of concerns? -- What is a concern? -- Concerns and psychotherapy -- The three elements of a concern -- The ternary model of psycho-analysis -- What is a concern? -- How does the discussion of concerns differ between medical or psychiatric practice, and the practice of psychotherapy? -- Assessment -- Causes and reasons -- Being a bit more practical about concerns -- What do these illustrations show about reasons and concerns? -- Preoccupying concerns -- Concerns about treatment -- Concerns about the therapeutic relationship -- The therapist's concerns -- Identifying concerns -- Evidence-based approach to concerns -- Whose concern is it anyway? -- Is the client always right? -- Concerns as we tell them to others -- Consensus or conflict between therapist and client? -- Clarifying the focus -- What is psychotherapy after all? -- Values -- My values are me -- 'Helping' -- Truthfulness, honesty and effectiveness -- Authority and pathology -- Ethics -- Congruence of values -- The client's treatment values -- What life means. Emotional flavour -- Why give emotions such importance? What about relationships? -- Shame and disgust -- Emotions as a guide -- How to act when plans fail -- Maintaining the social bond -- Making decisions, particularly ethical decisions -- Who am I? -- I in the interpersonal domain -- Emotional meaning -- Projection and emotional meaning -- Strong emotional meanings -- Strong emotors and the fear of extinction -- Emotional meaning and choice.