Cognitive Psychodynamics as an Integrative Framework in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy

ISBN-13: 9783030258252 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 277 str.

Tony Ward; Arnaud Plagnol

Spis treści

Preface

Chapter 1 - The psychotherapeutic landscape at the start of the 21st Century

Chapter 2 – Insights from cognitive neuroscience

Chapter 3 – In search of the good life

Chapter 4 – Defined by our past

Chapter 5 – Principles of cognitive psychodynamic therapy

Chapter 6 – When life loses its lustre

Chapter 7 – Traumatic disorders – when the home collapses

Chapter 8 – Invaded by threat: anxiety and obsessive-compulsive thoughts

Chapter 9 – Possible worlds

Chapter 10 – Two paradigms to explore inner worlds

Chapter 11 – High level navigation

Chapter 12 – Conclusions and future directions

Index

O autorze

Tony Ward is Associate Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of the West of England, UK. His research has included therapeutic approaches to working with clients with complex neurological conditions, as well as holistic approaches to depression.

Arnaud Plagnol is Professor of Psychology and member of the Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Neuropsychologie at the University Paris 8, France. He is also a clinical consultant to the medical home Toulouse-Lautrec in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France. His research has included representational spaces and new models of care.

Blurb

This book proposes a novel method of combining the current approaches to counselling and psychotherapy into one coherent framework. The authors argue that the cognitive behavioural tradition (largely focused on thought patterns) and the psychodynamic approach (centred on the client’s experience and relationships), can be successfully integrated with insights from cognitive neuroscience, to form a fruitful synthesis. In doing so they provide a perspective that will enable practitioners to more fully appreciate each client’s unique inner world, based on their individual history and environment. 

The authors point towards the brain’s innate ability to understand and learn from experience so as to direct the growth of that inner world. This book elaborates a method of tapping into this innate growth potential, so as to help clients move forward when they have become trapped in non-productive patterns or mental stalemates. It will provide fresh insights and a valuable resource for counselling psychologists, counsellors and psychotherapists, as well as for academics and students in these fields.

Tony Ward is Associate Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of the West of England, UK. His research has included therapeutic approaches to working with clients with complex neurological conditions, as well as holistic approaches to depression.

Arnaud Plagnol is Professor of Psychology and member of the Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Neuropsychologie at the University Paris 8, France. He is also a clinical consultant to the medical home Toulouse-Lautrec in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France. His research has included representational spaces and new models of care.