Rhodes, John,

Narrative CBT Distinctive Features / [electronic resource] : John Rhodes. - 1 online resource (175 pages). - CBT Distinctive Features . - CBT Distinctive Features. .

Cover; Narrative CBT; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Part 1 The Distinctive Theoretical Features of Narrative CBT; 1 Introduction to NCBT; 2 Narrative; 3 Metaphors; 4 Emotions and feelings; 5 Motivations: their loss and reconstruction; 6 Understanding behaviour; 7 The network of meaning; 8 The dispositional self; 9 The foundation of trust; 10 Understanding the presentation of problems; 11 How does therapy create change?; 12 How narrative might help; 13 Learning from the client and building trust. 14 The theory of problem patterns, exceptions and goals15 Integrating theory and practice; Part 2 The Distinctive Practical Features of Narrative CBT; 16 First encounters and therapy planning; 17 Constructive narration of difficulties; 18 Exploring metaphors and blended reactions; 19 Case conceptualization; 20 Solution-focused exploration; 21 Constructional and structured approaches to self-beliefs; 22 Trauma; 23 Building alternative meanings; 24 Identity, values and purpose; 25 Constructional approaches to interaction patterns; 26 Working with the unknown self. 27 Working with images, enactment and writing28 Living with emotions; 29 Depression; 30 Diverse applications: OCD and refugees; References; Index.

The popularity of using narrative, metaphor and building solutions in CBT has increased in recent years. Narrative CBT, part of the third wave of cognitive therapies, recognises the importance of helping to build new ideas and practices in order to create change, examining a person's multiple and evolving narratives and their behaviour as intrinsically meaningful. In Narrative CBT, John Rhodes presents the features of NCBT in thirty key points. The first fifteen summarise how the theory of narrative can clarify difficulties with emotions, motives and interactions and add.

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Narrative therapy.
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