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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809390903321

Autore

Breitbart William <1951->

Titolo

Meaning-centered group psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer : a treatment manual / / William S. Breitbart, Shannon R. Poppito

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-19-022357-X

0-19-938067-8

0-19-938795-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Disciplina

616.99/40651

Soggetti

Mental healing

Cancer

Imagery (Psychology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced CancerA Treatment Manual; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction:Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy Treatment ; Session 1 Concepts and Sources of Meaning: Introductions and Meaning; Session 2 Cancer and Meaning: Identity before and after Cancer Diagnosis; Session 3 Historical Sources of Meaning: "Life as a Legacy" That Has Been Given; Session 4 Historical Sources of Meaning: "Life as a Legacy" That One Lives and Will Give; Session 5 Attitudinal Sources of Meaning: Encountering Life's Limitations

Session 6 Creative Sources of Meaning: Creativity, Courage, and ResponsibilitySession 7 Experiential Sources of Meaning: Connecting with Life through Love, Beauty, and Humor; Session 8 Transitions: Final Group Reflections and Hopes for the Future; References; Handouts; Homework/Experiential Exercises; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of ""meaning"" in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in



terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look beyond the role of antidepressant treatment in this population. Clinicians are focusing on the development of non-pharmacologic interventions that can address issues such as hopelessness, loss of meaning, and spiritual well-being in patients with advanced cancer at the end of life. This effort led to an exploration and analysis of the work of V