Description
Book SynopsisManaging Cancer and Living Meaningfully provides valuable insight into the experience of patients and families living with advanced cancer and describes a novel psychotherapeutic approach to help them live meaningfully, while also facing the threat of mortality. Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully, also known by the acronym CALM, is a brief supportive-expressive intervention that can be delivered by a wide range of trained healthcare providers as part of cancer care or early palliative care. The authors provide an overview of the clinical experience and research that led to the development of CALM, a clear description of the intervention, and a manualized guide to aid in its delivery. Situated in the context of early palliative care, this text is destined to be become essential reading for healthcare professionals engaged in providing psychological support to patients and their families who face the practical and profound problems of advanced disease.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: CALM Foundations Chapter 1: The Meaning of Mortality in Modern Life Chapter 2: The Management of Terror Chapter 3: One Thousand Lives: The Work that Influenced CALM Chapter 4: Attachment Security Chapter 5: Mentalization and Mortality Chapter 6: Treatment Decisions and the Therapeutic Process Chapter 7: CALM and the Desire for Death Chapter 8: The Pearl in the Oyster: Posttraumatic Growth Chapter 9: The Context of CALM Chapter 10: Measuring Process and Outcome in CALM Chapter 11: The Experience of CALM Training Chapter 12: From Our Clinic, Across the Globe: CALM Training, Research, and Advocacy Part II: The CALM Treatment Manual Chapter 13: Rationale, Foundations, and Goals of CALM Chapter 14: The Structure and Process of CALM Chapter 15: The CALM Domains Chapter 16: Utilizing Measures in Clinical Practice and Supervision Chapter 17: CALM Therapy Cases Epilogue Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I
