Wiley Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology

"The impressive scope and diversity of this volume, which includes many leading researchers in George Kelly's Personal Construct Psychology, reflects the remarkable expansion of the range of convenience of the theory throughout its first sixty years of development." Jack Adams-Webber, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Brock University The field of personal construct psychology is a rapidly evolving one, particularly in the scope of its applications. The Wiley Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology rigorously updates the subject with a state-of-the-art review, focusing on the theory and its philosophy, methodology, areas of application, and future horizons. With international contributions from eminent authors, the handbook is divided into sections covering: personal construct psychology and its philosophy; methodology; society and culture; clinical applications; organizational applications; educational applications; and new horizons. Each of these sections begins with a review of the literature in the area concerned and an overview of key developments, followed by chapters illustrating work in the area. In addition, the handbook covers many new and contemporary issues in Personal Construct Psychology, including sexuality, grief and meaning reconstruction, education, and personal construct coaching. Alongside contributions from leaders in the field, the book draws on published and previously unpublished work by pioneers including Miller Mair and Fay Fransella.

List of contents

Notes on Contributors xi
Foreword Rue L. Cromwell xx
Preface David A. Winter and Nick Reed xxviii
1. What is a Personal Construct? 1
Fay Fransella
Part I Personal Construct Psychology and Its Philosophy 9
2. Personal Construct Theory and Philosophy 11
Trevor Butt and Bill Warren
3. George Kelly: A Revealing Moment 24
Franz R. Epting
4. Personal Construct Psychology in Relation to an Integrative Constructivism 34
Jonathan D. Raskin
5. Philosophy and Psychology: The Distinctiveness of the Theory of Personal Constructs 45
Bill Warren
6. So Distant, Yet So Close: Kelly, Maturana, and Their Constructivist Theories 57
Gabriele Chiari
Part II Methodology 69
7. Methodologies of Assessment in Personal Construct Psychology 71
Richard C. Bell
8. Assessment of Hierarchies of Construing 88
Peter Caputi
9. Using Linear Mixed Models with Repertory Grid Data 99
Mark Heckmann and Richard C. Bell
10. Nonverbal Assessment Methods 113
Beverly M. Walker
11. Experience Cycle Methodology: A Qualitative Method to Understand the Process of Revising Personal Constructs 125
Lindsay G. Oades and Fiona Patterson
Part III Society and Culture 137
12. Personal Construct Psychology, Society, and Culture: A Review 139
Harry Procter
13. "Culture's like an extra layer on top isn't it?" Sociality and Superordination in Italian and English People 154
Viv Burr, Trevor Butt, and Massimo Giliberto
14. Relational Construct Psychology 167
Harry Procter
15. The Political Program of Personal Construct Psychology 178
Dušan Stojnov
16. Transcending War¿Ravaged Biographies 190
David A. Winter
Part IV Clinical Applications 201
17. The Continuing Clinical Relevance of Personal Construct Psychology: A Review 203
David A. Winter
18. Experiential Personal Construct Psychology and the Integral Universe: Theoretical and Clinical Implications 218
Larry M. Leitner and Katherine J. Hayes
19. Dilemma Resolution 230
Guillem Feixas
20. A Narrative Hermeneutic Approach to Personal Construct Psychotherapy 241
Gabriele Chiari
21. Reconstructing Meaning in Bereavement 254
Robert A. Neimeyer
Part V Organizational Applications 265
22. Personal Construct Theory, Research, and Practice in the Field of Business and Management 267
Nelarine Cornelius
23. Consulting in Organizations 282
Mary Frances
24. Humanizing Healthcare: A Personal Construct Psychology-Based Intervention 293
Sean Brophy
25. Organizational Paradoxes: When Opposites Cease To Be Opposites 306
Robert P. Wright
26. Personal Construct Coaching 320
Jelena Pavlovi¿ and Dušan Stojnov
Part VI Educational Applications 331
27. From Periphery to Core: Personal Construct Psychology's Permeation of Education 333
Maureen Pope and Pam Denicolo
28. Learning and Education 352
Martin Fromm
29. Creativity with Students 361
Vladimir D?inovi¿
30. Reconstructing Lifelong Learning 371
Michael Kompf and Nicola Simmons
31. School is Our Common World: A Constructivist-Phenomenological Study of the Construing of Roma Pupils and Their Teacher 383
Barbara Strobachová and Miroslav Filip
Part VII New Horizons 397
32. A Vision of the Future of Personal Construct Psychology 399
Peter Cummins
33. Construing Homicide 416
David A. Winter
34. Too Much of a Bad Thing: Commonality and the Construction of Sexual "Experience" 426
Carmen Dell'Aversano
35. Personal Construct Psychology and Buddhism 439
Spencer A. McWilliams
36. Personal Construct Psychology and the Arts 452
Jörn W. Scheer and Viv Burr
37. Personal Construct Psychology and Law 464
Nick Reed
38. Personal Construct Psychology and Restorative Justice 476
Finn Tschudi
39. Changing Behavior to Being More Environmentally Friendly: A PCP Perspective 487
Nick Reed and Nadine Page
40. George Kelly's Psychology of Understanding: Questioning Our Understanding, Understanding Our Questioning 499
Miller Mair
Appendix Personal Construct Theory: A Summary 518
Index 524

About the author

David A. Winter is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Programme Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has applied personal construct psychology in clinical practice and research for 40 years, with over 150 publications including Personal Construct Psychology in Clinical Practice (1994) and Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research (Wiley, 2005). Nick Reed is Director of the Centre for Personal Construct Psychology in the Department of Psychology and Sports Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK. He has taught and practiced personal construct psychology for over 15 years and has experience of applying PCP in diverse contexts, including organizational change, environmental consultancy, teacher effectiveness, and the training of junior doctors.

Product details

• Authors: DA Winter, David A. Winter, David A. (University of Hertfordshire Winter, David A. Reed Winter
• Assisted by: Nick Reed (Editor), Nick (University of Hertfordshire Reed (Editor), Reed Nick (Editor), David A. Winter (Editor), David A. (University of Hertfordshire Winter (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781119121220
• ISBN: 978-1-119-12122-0
• No. of pages: 576
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology