Individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer : a treatment manual / / William S. Breitbart, Shannon R. Poppito
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| Autore: |
Breitbart William <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer : a treatment manual / / William S. Breitbart, Shannon R. Poppito
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (113 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.99/40651 |
| Soggetto topico: | Mental healing |
| Cancer - Treatment | |
| Imagery (Psychology) | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | PoppitoShannon R. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced CancerA Treatment Manual; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Session 1.Concepts and Sources of Meaning; Session 2.Cancer and Meaning: Identity before and after Cancer Diagnosis; Session 3.Historical Sources of Meaning: Life as a Living Legacy: A Legacy That Has Been Given and a Legacy That One Lives an; Session 4.Attitudinal Sources of Meaning: Encountering Life's Limitations; Session 5.Creative Sources of Meaning: Creativity, Courage, and Responsibility |
| Session 6.Experiential Sources of Meaning: Connecting with Life through Love, Beauty, and Humor Session 7.Transitions: Final 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer |
| ISBN: | 0-19-938068-6 |
| 0-19-938794-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813958203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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