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Studies In Meaning 3:
Constructivist Psychotherapy in the Real World
Jonathan D. Raskin & Sara K. Bridges (Editors) Constructivist psychotherapy remains somewhat unfamiliar to many clinicians, despite offering a variety of innovative and practical therapeutic approaches and techniques. In this volume, constructivist psychology is presented as it relates to everyday practice. The chapters provide many examples of what constructivist psychotherapy looks like in the real world, showing how one can make the transition from constructivist theory to constructivist practice with ease. Constructivist therapy often gets labeled as too theoretical and lacking in clinical specificity. Yet here is a volume with chapters that succinctly and cogently explicate basic theoretical concepts and then demonstrate them with vivid case examples taken from applied experience in the field.
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Jonathan D. Raskin, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at
the State University of New York at New Paltz. His scholarship focuses
on constructivist psychology and psychotherapy. He has published many
articles and book chapters on constructivism. He has also co-edited
three books, including the first two Studies in Meaning
volumes. Dr. Raskin serves as an associate editor for the Journal of
Constructivist Psychology. He is also licensed as a psychologist in
New York, where he maintains a small private practice. Dr. Raskin
recently received the State University of New York Chancellor's Award
for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, as well as the
Carmi Harari Early Career Award for Inquiry from the American
Psychological Association's Society of Humanistic Psychology.
Sara K. Bridges, Ph.D., is an associate professor of counseling psychology at the University of Memphis. Her scholarship examines both constructivism, sexuality, and depth focused approaches to psychotherapy. In addition to publishing extensively on constructivism, Dr. Bridges has co-edited both previous Studies in Meaning volumes. She is the current president of the Constructivist Psychology Network and is also active on the board of the American Psychological Association's Society of Humanistic Psychology, currently serving as treasurer. Dr. Bridges is licensed as a psychologist in New York.
PART I: CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOTHERAPY: AN INTRODUCTION
Constructivist Psychotherapy in the Real
World
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara K. Bridges and Jonathan D. Raskin
Epistemological Commitments Among Seasoned Psychotherapists: Some
Practical Implications of Being a Constructivist
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg J. Neimeyer, Jocelynn Lee, Gizem
Aksoy-Toska, and Daniel Phillip
PART II: APPLYING CONSTRUCTIVIST THERAPY IN
EVERYDAY PRACTICE
Coherence Therapy: Swift Change at the
Roots of Symptom Production
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Ecker and Laurel Hulley
Mind and Self in Context-Centered Psychotherapy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jay S. Efran and Jose Soler-Baillo
Embodiment in Experiential Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Theoretical
and Technical Concerns
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry M. Leitner and April J. Faidley
PART III: CONSTRUCTIVIST THERAPY FOR SPECIFIC
ISSUES
Meaning and Change with Domestic Abusers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Horley and Amy Johnson
A Constructivist Approach to Child-Centered Play Therapy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard E. Watts and Yvonne Garza
Talking Back to Stuttering: Constructivist Contributions to Stuttering
Treatment
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony DiLollo and Robert A. Neimeyer
Methods of Reconstruction with Adolescent Substance Abusers: Combining
REBT and Constructivism
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Adelman
Constructivism Treatment of Divorce
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald K. Granvold
PART IV: PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN CONSTRUCTIVIST
THERAPY
Personal Construct Psychotherapy in a National Health Service Setting:
Does Survival Mean Selling Out?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . David A. Winter
Counseling Multiracial Clients in Context: A Constructivist Approach
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronnie Priest and Nancy Nishimura
When Constructs Collide: Constructivist Research on When and How to
Challenge Clients
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel C. Williams and Heidi M. Levitt
PART V: CONSTRUING CONSTRUCTIVIST THERAPY
IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Everyday Constructivism
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael F. Hoyt
Looking for the Context: Therapy as Social Critique
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Eliot Paris
Appendix: About the Constructivist Psychology Network
Index of Proper Names
Subject index