Cognitive and Constructive Psychotherapies

Theory, Research and Practice

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Cognitive and Constructive Psychotherapies

Theory, Research and Practice

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Michael J. Mahoney, PhD

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"√ñthe entire field of psychological services is moving through a developmental transformation of significant proportions√ñopen dialogue regarding its diversity is likely to be one of its saving graces in the centuries to come."
- From the Editor's Conclusion

Updated and expanded from the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Dr. Mahoney has assembled an impressive group of top psychologists to focus on current developments in cognitive and constructive psychotherapies. The volume traces the evolution of cognitive therapy from its origin in behavior modification through its development and maturation as an integrative system of therapy.

Contents

Part I: Introduction

Theoretical Developments in the Cognitive and Constructive Psychotherapies, Michael J. Mahoney
Changing Conceptions of Cognitive Behavior Modification: Retrospect and Prospect, Donald Meichenbaum

Part II: Cognitive Therapy

Cognitive Therapy: Past, Present, and Future, Aaron T. Beck
An Appraisal of Cognitive Therapy, Clive J. Robins and Adele M. Hayes

Part III: Rational-Emotive Therapy

Reflections on Rational-Emotive Therapy, Albert Ellis
An Appraisal of Rational-Emotive Therapy, David A. F. Haaga and Gerald C. Davison

Part IV: The Constructive Psychotherapies

A Constructivist Outline of Human Knowing Processes, Vittorio F. Guidano
Constructive Metatheory and the Nature of Mental Representation, Michael J. Mahoney, H. Martin Miller, and Giampiero Arciero
Personal Construct Therapy and the Relation Between Cognition and Affect, Kenneth W. Sewell
Cognitive Narrative Psychotherapy: The Hermeneutic Construction of Alternative Meanings, Oscar F. Goncalves
An Appraisal of Constructivist Psychotherapies: Contexts and Challenges, Robert A. Neimeyer
The Cognitive and Constructive Psychotherapies: Contexts and Challenges, Michael J. Mahoney

Authors

Michael J. Mahoney, PhD, received his doctorate at Stanford University. He is presently professor of psychology at the University of North Texas and at Saybrook Graduate School in San Francisco, CA. Honored as a fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Psychological Association, and the World Academy of Art and Science, he has contributed pioneering research on human change processes and the psychology of peak performance.

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