Description
Book SynopsisEchoing Frank's voice, in particular his emphasis on the commonalities of suffering and the therapeutic power of hope, The Psychotherapy of Hope offers scholarly wisdom and practical advice on how to understand psychotherapy-and apply its principles to the greatest benefit of patients.
Trade Review"The book is terrific: powerful, innovative, with the potential to become a classic and a foundational book in the field of psychotherapy." (Arnold E. Anderson, The University of Iowa College of Medicine)"
Table of ContentsForeword, by Leon Eisenberg
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Note About Citations
Part I: Psychotherapy: Basic Principles
Chapter 1. Critical Thinking in the Design of Psychotherapy Research
Chapter 2. Life Story as the Focus of Psychotherapy: The Johns Hopkins Conceptual and Didactic Perspectives
Chapter 3. Neural Substrates of Psychotherapy
Chapter 4. Restoring Meaning to Psychiatric Diagnosis and Psychotherapy in the Age of Evolutionary Biology
Chapter 5. Cultural Concepts in Persuasion and Healing
Chapter 6. Deconstructing Demoralization: Subjective Incompetence and Distress in Adversity
Part II: Psychotherapy: Current Practices
Chapter 7. Depression, Demoralization, and Psychotherapy in People Who Are Medically Ill
Chapter 8. Demoralization and Hope in Clinical Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Chapter 9. Psychotherapeutic Communication in Medical Settings
Chapter 10. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: From Psychoanalytic Arrogance to Evidence-Based Modesty
Chapter 11. Behavioral and Condition-Specifi c Approaches to Psychotherapy
Chapter 12. Weighing Evidence for Common and Specific Factors in Psychotherapy with Children
Chapter 13. Contemporary Realities of Group Psychotherapy
Chapter 14. Cultural Dynamics in Psychotherapy and Cultural Psychotherapies: Ingredients, Processes, and Outcomes
Chapter 15. Psychotherapy, Religion, and Spirituality
List of Contributors
Index
