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Record Nr.

UNINA9910633923603321

Autore

Savard Josée

Titolo

Treating fear of cancer recurrence with group cognitive-behavioral therapy : a step-by-step guide / / Josée Savard [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

3-031-07187-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 pages)

Disciplina

616.891425

Soggetti

Cognitive therapy

Group psychotherapy

Malalts de càncer

Teràpia cognitiva

Psicoteràpia de grup

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Part I: Psychotherapy Group on Fear of Cancer Recurrence: Therapist's Manual -- 1: Session No. 1 -- 1.1  Introduction -- 1.1.1  Slide #1: Fear of Cancer Recurrence -- 1.1.2  Slide #2: Psychotherapy Group on Fear of Cancer Recurrence -- 1.1.3  Slide #3: Warning -- 1.2  Content of the Sessions -- 1.2.1  Slide #4: Content of the Sessions -- 1.2.2  Slide #5: Session No. 1 -- 1.3  Information on Fear of Cancer Recurrence -- 1.3.1  Slide #6: Fear of Cancer Recurrence -- 1.3.2  Slide #7: The Vicious Circle of Fear of Recurrence -- 1.4  Beliefs About the Influence of Psychological Factors on Cancer -- 1.4.1  Slide #8: The Vicious Circle of Fear of Recurrence -- 1.4.2  Slide #9: The Power of Thought -- 1.4.3  Slide #10: Influence of Psychological Factors on Cancer -- 1.4.4  Slide #11: Popular Beliefs -- 1.4.5  Slide #12: Clinical Cases vs. Scientific Research -- 1.5  Stress = Cancer? -- 1.5.1  Slide #13: Stress  Cancer? -- 1.5.2  Slide #14: Multifactorial Model of Cancer -- 1.6  Positive Thoughts = Cure? -- 1.6.1  Slide #15: Mental Attitude and Cancer Survival - Study 1 -- 1.6.2  Slide #16: Mental



Attitude and Cancer Survival - Study 2 -- 1.6.3  Slide #17: Why Is It Important to Let Go of These Beliefs? -- 1.6.4  Slide #18: Summary -- 1.7  The Cognitive Model of Emotions -- 1.7.1  Slide #19: Cancer: A Distressing Experience -- 1.7.2  Slide #20: Cognitive Model of Emotions (Beck) -- 1.8  The Vicious Circle of the Tyranny of Positive Thinking: The Case of Melissa -- 1.8.1  Slides #21-22: The Case of Melissa -- 1.8.2  Slide #23: The Case of Melissa (Continued) -- 1.8.3  Slide #24: The Tyranny of Positive Thinking -- 1.8.4  Slide #25: Negative Thoughts vs. Positive Thoughts -- 1.8.5  Slide #26: Effects of Positive Thinking -- 1.9  What Does Research Say About the Effects of Positive Thinking?.

1.9.1  Slide #27: Effects of Optimism -- 1.9.2  Slide #28: Fighting Cancer? -- 1.10  The Benefits of Realistic Thinking -- 1.10.1  Slide #29: Dark Glasses vs. Rose-Coloured Glasses -- 1.10.2  Slide #30: Is There an Alternative? -- 1.10.3  Slide #31: Realistic Thoughts or Clear Glasses -- 1.10.4  Slide #32: What Is Realistic Thinking? -- 1.10.5  Slides #33-34: The Case of Mary -- 1.10.6  Slide #35: Mary and Realistic Thoughts -- 1.10.7  Slide #36: Benefits of Realistic Thinking -- 1.10.8  Slides #37-38: The Case of Louise -- 1.10.9  Slide #39: Cancer and Realistic Thoughts -- 1.10.10  Slide #40: Do You Need to Change Your Way of Seeing Things? -- 1.11  Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy -- 1.11.1  Slide #41: Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy -- 1.12  Recognizing Negative Thoughts -- 1.12.1  Slide #42: Characteristics of Negative Thoughts -- 1.13  Thought Identification Exercise -- 1.13.1  Slide #43: Identification of Negative Thoughts -- 1.13.2  Slide #44: Exercise to Do at Home -- 1.14  Slide #45: End of Session Discussion -- 1.15  Slide #46: Tools in Brief -- References -- 2: Session No. 2 -- 2.1  Session Agenda -- 2.1.1  Slide #3: Session No. 2 -- 2.2  Review of the Previous Session -- 2.3  Review of Last Week's Exercise -- 2.3.1  Slide #4: Review of the Thought Identification Exercise -- 2.4  Fear of Cancer Recurrence Model -- 2.4.1  Slide #5: The Vicious Circle of Fear of Recurrence -- 2.5  Cognitive Restructuring -- 2.5.1  Slide #6: Cognitive Restructuring Grid -- 2.5.2  Slide #7: The Case of Elise -- 2.5.3  Slide #8: Fear of Recurrence -- 2.5.4  Slide #9: The Case of Elise -- 2.5.5  Slide #10: Questioning Your Thoughts -- 2.5.6  Slide #11: The Case of Elise -- 2.5.7  Slide #12: Recurrence ≠ Death -- 2.6  Interpreting Physical Symptoms -- 2.6.1  Slide #13: Interpreting Physical Symptoms Realistically.

2.6.2  Slide #14: Interpreting Physical Symptoms Realistically (NILP) -- 2.7  Information-Seeking Profiles -- 2.7.1  Slide #15: The Importance of Seeking the Right Information -- 2.8  Being Well Informed -- 2.8.1  Slide #16: Being Well Informed -- 2.9  Interpreting Probabilities and Statistics -- 2.9.1  Slide #17: Interpreting Probabilities -- 2.9.2  Slide #18: Interpreting Probabilities -- 2.9.3  Slide #19: Interpreting Probabilities -- 2.9.4  Slide #20: Interpreting Probabilities -- 2.9.5  Slide #17: Interpreting Probabilities (Go Back to a Previous Slide) -- 2.10  Cognitive Restructuring Exercise -- 2.10.1  Slide #21: Exercise to Do at Home -- 2.10.2 Slides # 22-23: Cognitive Restructuring Grid and Questionning your Thoughts -- 2.11  Slide #24: End of Session Discussion -- 2.12  Slide #25: Tools in Brief -- References -- Untitled -- Untitled -- 3: Session No. 3 -- 3.1  Session Agenda -- 3.1.1  Slide #3: Session No. 3 -- 3.2  Review of the Previous Session -- 3.3  Review of Last Week's Exercise -- 3.3.1  Slide #4: A Look Back on Cognitive Restructuring -- 3.3.2  Slide #5: Cognitive Restructuring Grid -- 3.3.3  Slide #6: Questioning Your Thoughts -- 3.4  Intolerance of Uncertainty -- 3.4.1  Slide #7: The Vicious Circle of Fear of Recurrence -- 3.4.2  Slide #8: Intolerance of Uncertainty -- 3.4.3  Slide #9: What Do You Think of the Following Statements? -- 3.4.4  Slide #10: Learning



to Tolerate Uncertainty -- 3.5  Erroneous Beliefs about Worry -- 3.5.1  Slide #11: The Usefulness and Impact of Worrying -- 3.5.2  Slide #12: Behavioural Experiment -- 3.5.3  Slide #13: Summary -- 3.6  Behavioural Avoidance -- 3.6.1  Slide #14: The Vicious Circle of Fear of Recurrence -- 3.6.2  Slide #15: Avoidance -- 3.6.3  Slide #16: Avoidance and Habituation Curves -- 3.6.4  Slide #17: Behavioural Exposure Rules -- 3.6.5  Slide #18: Avoidance and Cancer.

3.7  Behavioural Exposure Exercise -- 3.7.1  Slide #19: The Importance of Facing Your Fears -- 3.7.2  Slide #20: Exercise to Do at Home -- 3.7.3  Slide #21: Behavioural Exposure -- 3.8  End of Session Discussion -- 3.8.1  Slide #22: End of Session Discussion -- 3.9  Slide #23: Tools in Brief -- 4: Session No. 4 -- 4.1  Session Agenda -- 4.1.1  Slide #3: Session No. 4 -- 4.2  Review of the Previous Session -- 4.3  Review of Last Week's Exercise -- 4.3.1  Slide #4: Review of the Behavioural Exposure Exercise -- 4.3.2  Slide #5: The Vicious Circle of Fear of Recurrence -- 4.4  Cognitive Avoidance -- 4.4.1  Slide #6: Cognitive Avoidance - The Camel Exercise -- 4.4.2  Slide #7: Cognitive Avoidance -- 4.4.3  Slide #8: The Importance of Facing Your Thoughts -- 4.5  Strategies to Counter Cognitive Avoidance -- 4.5.1  Slide #9: Cognitive Restructuring -- 4.5.2  Slide #10: Planned "Worry Time" -- 4.5.3  Slide #11: Tolerating Negative Thoughts and Emotions -- 4.5.4  Slide #12: Cognitive Exposure -- 4.5.5  Slide #13: Avoidance and Habituation Curves -- 4.6  Seeking Reassurance -- 4.6.1  Slides #14-15: The Vicious Circle of Fear of Recurrence and Reassurance Seeking: A Form of Avoidance -- 4.6.2  Slide #16: Reassurance Behaviour Examples -- 4.6.3  Slide #17: Reassurance: Yes, But to What Extent? -- 4.7  Seeking Control -- 4.7.1  Slide #18: Seeking Control -- 4.7.2  Slide #19: Seeking Control -- 4.8  What If Cancer Comes Back? -- 4.8.1  Slide #20: What If Cancer Comes Back? -- 4.8.2  Slide #21: Recurrence ≠ Death -- 4.9  Redefining Life Goals -- 4.9.1  Slide #22: The Importance of Life Goals -- 4.9.2  Slides #23-24: The Case of Alfred -- 4.9.3  Slide #25: Redefining Life Goals (Step 1) -- 4.9.4  Slide #26: Redefining Life Goals (Step 2) -- 4.9.5  Slide #27: Avenues for Reflection -- 4.10  Slide #28: End of Session Discussion -- 4.11  Slide #29: Tools in Brief.

4.12  General Review of the Psychotherapy Group -- 4.12.1  Slide #30: Conclusion -- Reference -- Untitled -- Part II: Psychotherapy Group on Fear of Cancer Recurrence: Participant's Manual -- 5: Session No. 1 -- 5.1  What Is Fear of Recurrence? -- 5.1.1  Fear of Recurrence: Is It Normal or Not? -- 5.1.2  Understanding the Vicious Circle of Fear of Recurrence -- 5.2  Can Thoughts Influence Cancer? -- 5.2.1  Beliefs About the Influence of Psychological Factors on Cancer -- 5.2.2  Does Stress Cause Cancer? -- 5.2.3  Does Thought Have the Power to Cure Cancer? -- 5.2.4  Can Positive Thinking Help You Cope with Cancer? -- 5.3  The Cognitive Model of Emotions -- 5.3.1  Cancer: A Distressing Experience -- 5.3.2  The Cognitive Model and Adjustment to Cancer -- 5.4  The Benefits of Realistic Thinking -- 5.4.1  The Tyranny of Positive Thinking -- 5.4.2  Fighting Cancer? -- 5.4.3  Dark, Rose-Coloured, or Clear Glasses? -- 5.4.4  Realistic Thinking and Cancer -- References -- 6: Session No. 2 -- 6.1 Cognitive Restructuring -- 6.1.1 Cognitive Restructuring -- 6.1.2 Cognitive Restructuring and Fear of Cancer Recurrence -- 6.2 Interpreting Physical Symptoms Realistically -- 6.2.1 Seeking the Right Information on Your Condition -- 6.3 Being Well Informed -- 6.4 Interpreting Probabilities and Statistics -- Reference -- Untitled -- 7: Session No. 3 -- 7.1  Intolerance of Uncertainty -- 7.2  Learning to Tolerate Uncertainty -- 7.3  Erroneous Beliefs about Worry -- 7.4  The Importance of Facing Your Fears -- 7.4.1  Avoidance and Habituation -- 7.5  Behavioural Avoidance and Cancer -- 7.6  



Behavioural Exposure -- 8: Session No. 4 -- 8.1  Cognitive Avoidance -- 8.2  Facing Your Thoughts -- 8.2.1  Cognitive Restructuring -- 8.2.2  Planned "Worry Time" -- 8.2.3  Tolerating Unpleasant Thoughts and Emotions -- 8.2.4  Cognitive Exposure -- 8.3  Seeking Reassurance.

8.4  Seeking Control.