| Description |
xiii, 373 pages ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
I. (De)Constructing Disorder. Ch. 1. On Practicing Postmodern Therapy in Modern Times / Robert A. Neimeyer and Jonathan D. Raskin. Ch. 2. The Construction of Disorder as Human Enterprise / Jonathan D. Raskin and Adam M. Lewandowski -- II. Disorder as Disruption in Selfhood Construction. Ch. 3. Core Ordering and Disordering Processes: A Constructive View of Psychological Development / Michael J. Mahoney. Ch. 4. The Order in Clinical "Disorders": Symptom Coherence in Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy / Bruce Ecker and Laurel Hulley. Ch. 5. Experience, Explanation, and the Quest for Coherence / Giampiero Arciero and Vittorio F. Guidano -- III. Disorder and Assessment of Personal Meanings. Ch. 6. Linguistic Ambiguity as a Diagnostic Tool / Jay S. Efran and Paul F. Cook. Ch. 7. Constructing and Deconstructing Transitive Diagnosis / Thomas J. Johnson, David T. Pfenninger and Reid E. Klion |
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Ch. 8. Diagnosing Human Meaning Making: An Experiential Constructivist Approach / Larry M. Leitner, April J. Faidley and Mark A. Celentana -- IV. Disorder as Narrative Construction. Ch. 9. Narrative Disruptions in the Construction of the Self / Robert A. Neimeyer. Ch. 10. Resisting the Dominating Story: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Narrative Therapy / Wendy Drewery, John Winslade and Gerald Monk. Ch. 11. Constructing Psychopathology From a Cognitive Narrative Perspective / Oscar F. Goncalves, Yifaht Korman and Lynne Angus -- V. Contextual Constraints and Discourses of Disorder. Ch. 12. Discomforts of the Powerless: Feminist Constructions of Distress / Laura S. Brown. Ch. 13. Reconstructing Psychological Distress and Disorder From a Relational Perspective: A Systemic Coconstructive-Developmental Framework / Sandra A. Rigazio-DiGilio. Ch. 14. From Disordering Discourse to Transformative Dialogue / Kenneth J. Gergen and Sheila McNamee |
| Summary |
In this book, leading theorists and therapists from constructivist, narrative, and social constructionist traditions describe alternatives to psychiatric diagnoses that humanize the assessment process and allow for problem-dissolving therapeutic change. Case studies, clinical vignettes, and therapeutic dialogue anchor these meaning-making perspectives in the concrete reality of day-to-day practice, hence bridging the gap between theory and therapy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks |
| Subject |
Constructivism (Psychology)
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Narrative therapy.
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Personal construct therapy.
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Postmodernism -- Psychological aspects.
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Psychotherapy -- Philosophy.
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Psychotherapy -- methods.
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Personal Construct Theory.
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Philosophy, Medical.
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Personal Construct Theory.
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Psychotherapy.
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| Author |
Neimeyer, Robert A., 1954-
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Raskin, Jonathan D.
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American Psychological Association.
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| LC no. |
99041598 |
| ISBN |
1557986290 |
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