Working with Emotions in Psychotherapy

Greenberg, Leslie S.; Paivio, Sandra C.

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ISBN 10: 1572302437 ISBN 13: 9781572302433

Casa editrice: Guilford Press, 1997

In previous books, Leslie S. Greenberg has demonstrated the importance of integrating emotional work into therapy and has laid out a compelling model of therapeutic change. Building on these foundations, Working with Emotions in Psychotherapy sheds new light on the process and technique of intervention with specific emotions.
Filled with illustrative case examples, the book shows clinicians how to identify a given emotion, discern its role in a client's self-understanding, and understand how its expression is furthering or inhibiting the client's progress. Of vital importance, the authors help readers think more differentially about emotions; to distinguish, for example, between avoided emotional pain and chronic dysfunctional bad feelings, between adaptive sadness and maladaptive depression, and between overcontrolled anger and underregulated rage. A conceptual overview and framework for intervention are delineated, and special attention is given throughout to the integration of emotion and cognition in therapeutic work.

L'autore:

Leslie S. Greenberg, PhD, is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychotherapy Research Center at York University in Canada. Coauthor ofFacilitating Emotional Change; Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples; andEmotion in Psychotherapy, he has coedited numerous volumes including Emotion, Psychotherapy, and Change; Empathy Reconsidered; and The Working Alliance. Past President of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research, Dr. Greenberg maintains a private practice in Toronto.

Sandra C. Paivio, PhD, is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Psychology Services Centre in the Department of Psychology at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. The author of several publications on emotional processes in psychotherapy, Dr. Paivio is currently conducting research on therapy with survivors of childhood trauma. She maintains a part-time private practice and is active in clinical supervision and training.

Contenuti:

The Centrality of Emotion in Psychotherapy. Part 1: Theoretical Framework. What Is Emotion? Emotion Assessment. Sources of Emotional Disorder. Part 2: Intervention Framework. The Process of Change The Phases of Emotionally Focused Interventions. Part 3: Differential Work with the Emotions. Anger. Sadness and Distress. Fear and Anxiety. Shame. The Pleasant Emotions. Research, Training, and Supervision.