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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-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer : a treatment manual / / William S. Breitbart, Shannon R. Poppito Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-938068-6
0-19-938794-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
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Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910813958203321
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