The Therapeutic Interview in Mental Health: A Values-Based and Person-Centered Approach

ISBN-13: 9781107499089 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 186 str.

Giovanni Stanghellini; Milena Mancini

Opis

The therapeutic interview approach looks at patients' experiences, emotions and values as the keys to understanding their suffering.

Spis treści

Part I. The Toolbox: 1. Introduction; 2. The technical approach to interviewing; 3. Main criticisms of the technical approach; 4. The meaning of symptoms in the biomedical paradigm; 5. The meaning of symptoms in the psychodynamic paradigm; 6. The symptom as a text; 7. The concept of 'life-world'; 8. An example of life-world analysis; 9. What are emotions and why are they relevant to the therapeutic interview?; 10. What are values and why are they relevant to the therapeutic interview?; 11. A quest for meaning; 12. A decalogue for the therapeutic interview; Part II. Life-Worlds: 13. Introduction; 14. The life-world of borderline persons; 15. The life-world of persons with schizophrenia; 16. The life-world of persons with melancholia; 17. The life-world of persons with feeding and eating disorders.