Applying the Constructivist Approach to Cognitive Therapy - Resolving the Unconscious Past

Applying the Constructivist Approach to Cognitive Therapy goes beyond the traditional objectivist approach of uncovering the what of a client's dysfunctional thinking, instead helping therapists understand why clients think in a dysfunctional manner.

List of contents

List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments 1. Constructivist vs. Objectivist Cognitive Therapy 2. Nighttime Dreams 3. Spontaneous Trance 4. Hypnosis as an Avenue into the Unconscious 5. Analytic Hypnotherapy 6. Ecstatic Trance 7. Ecstatic Soul Retrieval and Analytic Hypnotherapy 8. Evidence for the Universal Mind 9. Evolution of Consciousness

About the author

Nicholas E. Brink, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who operated a private practice for 22 years, offering services in marital psychotherapy and hypnosis. He is the past president of the American Association for the Study of Mental Imagery and past board member of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. Dr. Brink is semiretired and conducts research on the parallels between shamanic journeying, hypnosis, and dream work.

Summary

Applying the Constructivist Approach to Cognitive Therapy goes beyond the traditional objectivist approach of uncovering the what of a client’s dysfunctional thinking, instead helping therapists understand why clients think in a dysfunctional manner.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas E Brink, Nicholas E. Brink
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.03.2019
• EAN: 9780367028053
• ISBN: 978-0-367-02805-3
• No. of pages: 130
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; PSYCHOLOGY / Hypnotism, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychology: states of consciousness, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Cognitive behavioural therapy, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Hypnosis