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100			_aJ. Mahoney, Michael
245		0	_aConstructive psychotherapy: a practical guide/ _cMichael J. Mahoney
260			_aNew York : _bThe Guilford Press, _c2003.
300			_axvii,302p. : _c23cm.
504			_aIncludes references and index.
505			_a 1. Constructivism: A Brief Introduction -- Human Change Processes -- The Essence of Constructivism -- Principles and Personal Revolutions -- 2. Constructive Psychotherapy: An Overview of Practice -- Compassionate Relationship as the Heart of Psychotherapy -- Collaboration and Action -- Affirmation and Hope -- Balancing Skills and Cycles of Experiencing -- 3. Constructive Assessment -- Measurement and Diagnostics -- Constructive Themes in Assessment -- Problems, Patterns, and Processes -- Core Ordering Processes -- Attunement -- 4. Basic Centering Techniques -- Breathing Exercises -- Body Balance Exercises -- Relaxing into Center -- Finding Stability in Relationships, Places, and Patterns -- 5. Problem Solving: Basic Behavioral and Cognitive Techniques -- Problem Solving -- The Essence of Behavioral Methods -- Cognitive Restructuring -- When Problem Solving Doesn't Work -- 6. Pattern Work -- Personal Journaling and Bibliotherapy -- Life-Review Exercises -- Narrative Reconstruction -- Coming Home to Process -- 7. Basic Process Work: Meditation and Embodiment -- Meditation -- Embodiment Exercises -- 8. Drama, Fantasy, Dream Work, and Stream of Consciousness -- Role Playing "As If" -- Fantasy and Dream Work -- Stream of Consciousness -- 9. Self-Relationship and Spiritual Skills -- Mirror Time -- Spiritual Skills and Personal Development -- A Postscript on Techniques -- 10. The Experience of Change -- Static Cling: A Compassionate Look at People Who Don't Change -- Core Change: Personal Revolutions -- Emotionality and Change -- Courage and Creativity -- Transition and Termination -- 11. Being Human and a Therapist -- Vicarious Suffering: The Wounds of Helping -- The Person and Personal Life of the Therapist -- A Therapist's Personal Life -- Therapist Self-Care -- Personal and Spiritual Development -- The Challenges of Practicing Constructively -- A. Constructivism: History and Current Relevance -- B. Consent Form -- C. Personal Experience Report -- D. Breathing Exercises -- E. Body Balance Exercises -- F. Relaxation -- G. Mindfulness Meditation -- H. Mirror Time -- I. Kindly Self-Control -- J. Self-Comforting Exercise -- K. Spiritual Skills Exercises -- L. Human Change Processes: A Synopsis -- M. Recommendations for Therapist Self-Care -- N. Recommendations for Constructive Practice.
650			_aPsychotherapy.
650			_aPersonal construct therapy.
650			_aConstructivism (Psychology).
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