Most clinical psychologists and cognitive behaviour therapists adopt a perspective which assumes that a client's distress arises from inaccurate perceptions of the external world and that these perceptions are due to the problematic filtering of information about the external world through internal perceptual biases and schemas. A Constructionist Clinical Psychology for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy provides a timely and innovative critique of the dominant trends in CBT theory and practice. It applies a constructionist framework to treatment and offers a constructionist philosophy and methodology to complement existing clinical approaches in cognitive behaviour therapy.
Key Features
- Introduces a much-needed alternative constructionist framework addressing both individual and social constructionist ideas.
- Integrates the constructionist framework into clinical practice, offering new insights into psychopathology.
- Includes extensive case studies, providing a constructionist framework approach that complements existing CBT methods.
- Offers new tools for case formulation and evaluation, along with trainee exercises for beginners.
Additional Information
Kieron O'Connor reveals how the new constructionist framework can encourage clinicians to look at the client-centred context which creates psychopathology and explore areas and experiences not easily accessible to traditional cognitive behaviour approaches, but which are rendered understandable through a constructionist approach to experience. The book will appeal to clinical psychologists, clinical researchers, psychotherapists, and other health and mental health professionals.
