Working with Narrative in Emotion-Focused Therapy - Changing Stories, Healing Lives (Hardcover)

In psychotherapy, as in life, all significant emotions are embedded in important stories, and all significant stories revolve around important emotional themes. Yet, despite the interaction between emotion and narrative processes, emotion-focused therapy (EFT) and narrative-informed therapies have evolved as separate clinical approaches. In this book, Lynne Angus and Leslie Greenberg address this gap and present a groundbreaking, empirically based model that integrates working with narrative and emotion processes in EFT. According to Angus and Greenberg's narrative-informed approach to EFT, all successful psychotherapy entails the articulation, revision, and deconstruction of clients' maladaptive life stories in favor of more life-enhancing alternatives. Because emotions and narratives interact to form meaning and sense of self, the evocation and articulation of emotions is critical to changing life narratives. Individual chapters describe how the interaction between emotion and narrative creates a constantly evolving sense of self; how clinicians can address both narrative and emotion processes to help clients create more adaptive, empowering meanings and sense of self; and the importance of a strong therapeutic alliance. Engaging, in-depth case studies at the end of the book illustrate how the model can be applied to treatment of depression and emotional trauma.

General

Imprint:	American Psychological Association
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	June 2011
Authors:	Lynne E. Angus • Leslie S Greenberg
Dimensions:	259 x 186 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	170
ISBN-13:	978-1-4338-0969-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy
LSN:	1-4338-0969-9
Barcode:	9781433809699

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