Handbook of Psychotherapy in Cancer Care (eBook)

Maggie Watson, David W. Kissane (Herausgeber)

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2011 | 1. Auflage
288 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-99051-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This new book by international experts in psycho-oncology has
arisen from the teaching academies offered by the International
Psycho-oncology Society. It distills the wisdom and experience from
the training manuals dedicated to individual psychological
therapies and combines them into an accessible handbook for
clinicians in cancer care today.

The editors have brought together leading researchers and
therapists, who provide accounts of the prominent models of
psychotherapy currently being used in cancer care, the key themes
they address and the essential techniques needed to apply each
approach successfully. Helpful clinical illustrations are
woven throughout the book to make overt the strategies found in
each model.

* Provides practical guidance about how to deliver a range of
individual, group, couple and family interventions that have proven
utility in cancer care.

* Describes comprehensively each model of psychotherapy as taught
by experts delivering the International Psycho-Oncology
Society's Educational Academy on cancer care for patients and
their families.

* Features practical suggestions on therapy delivery from the
world's leading proponents of each therapy.

* Serves as a valuable tool to assist teaching and to facilitate
research into psychological interventions in oncology, palliative
care and bereavement.

* Functions as a readily accessible resource for clinicians
struggling to support someone effectively, through its provision of
insight into the common challenges and traps that arise when
providing patients with emotional
support.

This practical handbook will help not only psychiatrists,
psychologists and social workers but also physicians, surgeons,
general practitioners and nurses interested in better understanding
and supporting the patients and families they care for.

Autor

Maggie Watson joined the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, the world's largest cancer treatment and research centre, in 1986, as Cancer Research UK Research Fellow. She worked on studies linked to psychological therapies, psychological response and survival, screening and quality of life in cancer patients. In 1988 she qualified as a Clinical Psychologist and in 1991 was appointed Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Royal Marsden Hospital. She was appointed Head of Service in 2003 and became an Honorary Professor in the Research Department of Clinical, Health and Educational Psychology University College London in 2008. She has worked consistently since 1979 with cancer patients and has published widely in this area. In 1983 she co-founded the British Psychosocial Oncology Society. She has been Co-Editor, alongside Professor Jimmie Holland, of Psycho-oncology since it was established in 1992. She has been author/editor of five books including Counselling People with Cancer (Burton M & Watson M, Wiley). She is a practicing therapist specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Problem-focussed Therapy and an active researcher. She is currently Vice-President of the International Psycho-oncology Society (taking over as President in 2010 for two years) and Co-Chair of the society's publications' panel. David Kissane is an academic consultation-liaison psychiatrist, psycho-oncologist and psychotherapy researcher in cancer and palliative care. In 1996, he launched Diplomas of Palliative Medicine and Psycho-Oncology at the University of Melbourne during his tenure as foundation Professor and Director of Palliative Medicine. In 2003, he moved to succeed Dr Jimmie Holland, MD, as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. He is the incumbent in the Jimmie C. Holland Chair in Psycho-Oncology, Attending Psychiatrist at The Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases, and Professor of Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University. He is a past President of the International Psycho-Oncology Society (2000-03) and recipient of their Arthur Sutherland Award for Lifetime Achievement in Psycho-oncology in 2008. His academic interests include health communication skills; couple, group and family psychotherapy trials; studies of existential distress; and the ethics of end-of-life care. He is the author of over 150 publications, including two books, Family Focused Grief Therapy (2002) and Handbook of Communication in Oncology and Palliative Care (2009). At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, he has established a state-of-the-art Communication Skills Training and Research Laboratory and a Psychotherapy Research Laboratory. He is Principal Investigator on a range of studies, including dose intensity studies of family therapy in advanced cancer, intimacy-enhancing couples therapy in prostate cancer, facilitation skills development and communication skills training for communication about survivorship, genetic risk, and end-of-life care.

Rezensionen

"As a handbook, this text suceeds most thoroughly as a
low-altitude survey of what lies under the sun of the
psycho-therapeutic aspect of 'psycho-oncology'. Well-trod topics
such as cognitive-behavioural therapies and motivational
interviewing are represented here with fresh coverage that will be
beneficial to all but specialized practioners of these modalities."
(Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2012)

"The handbook is quite practical, though theory well supports the
therapies. It is likely to help in teaching about psychotherapies
as well as to practice it. It is a comprehensive resource book for
researchers on such therapies. For professionals involved in
palliative care,this book has all they would need, and more."
(Indian Journal of Palliative Care, December 2012)

"It definitely is a book which must be kept in every cancer
center and palliative care units, and would be read by physicians,
nurses, psychologists, social workers and psychiatrists, and
palliative care professionals." (Indian Journal of
Palliative Care, 1 September 2012)
"The book is well organized and easy to read due to the use of a
consistent format for topics in each chapter and the presented
evidence ... This book is a much needed resource on
psychotherapeutic techniques useful for the psychological care of
cancer patients." (Doody's, 24 February 2012)

"Designed to address the specific needs of cancer patients,
their families, and their caregivers, the Handbook of Psychotherapy
in Cancer Care provides an introduction to psychological therapies
within the young discipline of psycho-oncology. As cancer survivor
and co-founder of the European Cancer Patient Coalition, Lynn
Faulds Wood states in her foreword, '. . . psycho-oncology is
still largely an underrecognised yet vital part of the cancer
journey for patients' (p. xiv). This volume begins to fill
this void.

This handbook is a valuable resource for individuals at the
training stage of their careers to gain exposure to the range of
techniques that can be brought to bear on the supportive care of
cancer patients. The accessible writing style suggests that cancer
patients and those who support them might also find the book
interesting." Read the full review href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.2061/full">here.
(Psycho-Oncology, January 2012)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.5.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Onkologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Schlagworte: Medical Science • Medizin • Psychologie • Psychology • psycho-oncology • Psychoonkologie • Psychotherapie u. Beratung • Psychotherapy & Counseling • Social Psychiatry • Sozialpsychiatrie
• ISBN-10: 1-119-99051-3 / 1119990513
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-99051-2 / 9781119990512