Fransella The Essential Practitioner's Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-470-01536-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten, E-Book

This is a concise paperback version of the authoritativeInternational Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology, focusingon the practical elements of that volume. Ideal for the individualpractitioner, this selection of chapters covers the basic theory ofpersonal constructs; the many skills and tools used by personalconstruct psychologists; its general application to psychotherapyand counselling; as well as many specific applications such ascross-cultural understanding, post-traumatic stress, children,teacher education, organizational change, nursing and familytherapy.
This is an indispensable guide to theory and skills for thosewishing to use the personal construct psychology approach in theirpractice. It will appeal to a wide range of professionals such aspsychologists, teachers, psychiatrists, nurses, system engineersand managers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fransella, Fay

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editor.
International Advisory Panel.
List of Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Section I: What Personal Construct Psychology Is AllAbout.
Chapter 1: George Alexander Kelly: The Man and his Theory (FayFransella and Robert A. Neimeyer).
Chapter 2: The Logic of Passion (Don Bannister).
Chapter 3: The Power of a Good Theory (Sean Brophy, FayFransella and Nick Reed).
Section II: What Are Some of PCP's Techniques?
Chapter 4: Some Skills and Tools for Personal Construct Users(Fay Fransella).
Chapter 5: A Range of Elicitation Methods to Suit Client andPurpose (Pam Denicolo).
Chapter 6: The Repertory Grid Technique (Richard C. Bell).
Chapter 7: Making Sense of Dependency (Beverly M. Walker).
Chapter 8: Expertise and Expert Systems: Emulating PsychologicalProcesses (Mildred L.G. Shaw and Brian R. Gaines).
Chapter 9: From Theory to Research to Change (FayFransella).
Section III: How Can PCP Help Us to Understand People or HelpThem to Change?
Part 1: Working with the Individual or Individuals in SmallGroups.
Chapter 10: Is Treatment a Good Idea? (George A. Kelly).
Chapter 11: An Audacious Adventure: Personal ConstructCounselling and Psychotherapy (Franz R. Epting, Marco Gemignani andMalcolm C. Cross).
Chapter 12: The Evidence Base for Personal ConstructPsychotherapy (David Winter).
Chapter 13: Constructive Intervention with Children whenPresented as Problems (Tom Ravenette).
Chapter 14: How Can We Understand One Another if We Don'tSpeak the Same Language? (Devi Jankowicz).
Chapter 15: Working with Anger (Peter Cummins).
Chapter 16: An Approach to Post-Traumatic Stress (Kenneth W.Sewell).
Chapter 17.1: Nursing (Julie M. Ellis, Jacqui Costigan and JulieWatkinson).
Chapter 17.2: Family Therapy (Harry Procter).
Chapter 17.3: The Metropolitan Police, London: A PersonalAccount (John Porter).
Chapter 17.4 :A Sporting Use of Personal Construct Psychology(David Savage).
Chapter 17.5: Artificial Intelligence (Jack Adams-Webber).
Part 2: Working with Large Groups of People.
Chapter 18: Construing Teaching and Teacher Education Worldwide(Maureen Pope).
Chapter 19: Making Sense of the 'Group Mind' (AdrianRobertson).
Chapter 20: Charting Organizational Change (NelarineCornelius).
Chapter 21: Clarifying Corporate Values: A Case Study (SeanBrophy).
Section IV: Where Might Personal Construct Psychology BeGoing Now?
Chapter 22: Personal Construct Psychotherapy and theConstructivist Horizon (Robert A. Neimeyer and Scott A.Baldwin).
Chapter 23: New Avenues to Explore and Questions to Ask (FayFransella).
Appendix 1: Theoretical Definitions.
Appendix 2: Some Basic Books on Personal ConstructPsychology.
Appendix 3: Internet Resources for Personal Construct Psychology(Brian R. Gaines).
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Fay Fransella is Founder and Director of the Centre forPersonal Construct Psychology, Emeritus Reader in ClinicalPsychology, University of London and Visiting Professor in PersonalConstruct Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. Shehas written eleven books, eight of them specifically relating topersonal construct psychology and published over one hundred andfifty journal papers and chapters.
She trained and worked as an Occupational Therapist for ten yearsbefore taking a degree in psychology and a postgraduate diploma inclinical psychology in 1962. It was during her first job as alecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London that she wasintroduced to George Kelly's personal construct psychology.It was a revolutionary alternative to the dominant behaviourism ofthe time. She found the view that we are all free agentsresponsible for what we make of the events which continuallyconfront us particularly liberating. Since that time she hascarried out research, mainly into problems of stuttering andweight, together with teaching and writing within the framework ofKelly's ideas.