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Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer

A Treatment Manual

By: William S. Breitbart MD,Shannon R. Poppito PhD

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Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer

A Treatment Manual

By: William S. Breitbart MD,Shannon R. Poppito PhD

The importance of spiritual well-being and the role of "meaning" in moderating depression, hopelessness and desire for death in terminally-ill cancer and AIDS patients has been well-supported by research, and has led many palliative clinicians to look beyond the role of antidepressant treatment in this population. Clinicians are focusing on the development of non-pharmacologic interventions that can address issues such as hopelessness, loss of meaning, and spiritual well-being in patients with advanced cancer at the end of life. This effort led to an exploration and analysis of the work of Viktor Frankl and his concepts of logotherapy, or meaning-based psychotherapy. While Frankl's logotherapy was not designed for the treatment of patients with life-threatening illnesses, his concepts of meaning and spirituality have inspired applications in psychotherapeutic work with advanced cancer patients, many of whom seek guidance and help in dealing with issues of sustaining meaning, hope, and understanding cancer and impending death in the context of their lives. Individual Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy (IMCP), an intervention developed and rigorously tested by the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, is a seven-week program that utilizes a mixture of didactics, discussion and experiential exercises that focus around particular themes related to meaning and advanced cancer. Patients are assigned readings and homework that are specific to each session's theme and which are utilized in each session. While the focus of each session is on issues of meaning and purpose in life in the face of advanced cancer and a limited prognosis, elements of support and expression of emotion are inevitable in the context of each group session. The structured intervention presented in this manual can be provided by a wide array of clinical disciplines, ranging from chaplains, nurses, palliative care physicians, to counselors, psychotherapists, social workers, graduate psychology students, psychologists and psychiatrists.

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Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer

A Treatment Manual

By: William S. Breitbart MD,Shannon R. Poppito PhD

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A Treatment Manual

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Psychosocial Palliative Care

By: William Breitbart

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Psychosocial Palliative Care

By: William Breitbart

One of the most challenging roles of the psycho-oncologist is to help guide terminally-ill patients through the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of the dying process. Patients with cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses are at increased risk for the development of major psychiatric complications, and have an enormous burden of both physical and psychological symptoms. This title guides the psycho-oncologist through the most salient aspects of effective psychiatric care of patients with advanced illnesses.

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019991740X

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Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers

Therapist Manual and Caregiver Workbook

By: ALLISON J.. BREITBART APPLEBAUM (WILLIAM.),Associate Attending Psychologist Allison J Applebaum,Jimmie C Holland Chair in Psychiatric Oncology William Breitbart

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Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers

Therapist Manual and Caregiver Workbook

By: ALLISON J.. BREITBART APPLEBAUM (WILLIAM.),Associate Attending Psychologist Allison J Applebaum,Jimmie C Holland Chair in Psychiatric Oncology William Breitbart

Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers provides an overview of the therapy treatment developed by the book's authors to comprehensively address the existential distress and suffering in caregivers. Over the course of seven sessions and a series of didactic and experiential exercises, caregivers are guided to explore sources of meaning in life to cope with the challenges they face and live full lives.

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019764077X

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Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer

Individual Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer

Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer

Meaning-Centered Group Psychotherapy for Patients with Advanced Cancer

Psychosocial Palliative Care

Psychosocial Palliative Care

Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers

Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Cancer Caregivers

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