The Integrity Model of Existential Psychotherapy in Working with the 'Difficult Patient'

by Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon

Overview

Dealing with the therapeutic impasse is one of the most challenging tasks faced by therapists. The Integrity Model of Existential Psychotherapy in Working with the 'Difficult Patient' describes how the Integrity model of psychotherapy provides an original solution to dealing with difficult issues such as resistance, acting out, counter-transference, guilt, value clashes and cultural diversity.

The Integrity model is based on an existential approach to living and views psychological difficulties as stemming from a lack of fidelity to one's values. In this book, the authors explore how this approach to psychotherapy can enhance other therapeutic models or stand on its own to offer a valuable alternative perspective on the causes of mental illness. Case material is provided to illustrate the value of the Integrity model in relation to a range of clinical issues, including:

Borderline Personality Disorders

Antisocial Personality

Post-Traumatic Stress

Schizophrenia

Workplace Stress

Addictions.

This book provides a provocative and insightful presentation of the subject of impasses, as well as dealing with associated issues including the role of values in psychotherapy, community, spirituality, and therapist responsibility. It will be of great interest to counsellors and psychotherapists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583912201
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/12/2005
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nedra R. Lander, PhD, C. Psych. is a Clinical Psychologist at The Ottawa Hospital and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Clinical Professor of Psychology at the University of Ottawa.
/Danielle Nahon, PhD, C.Psych. is a Psychologist in private practice in Ontario and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa.

Table of Contents

Preface, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Introduction, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 1 Integrity Therapy and the Integrity model, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 2 Lander and Nahon's Integrity model, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 3 The Integrity model in practice, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 4 Transference and countertransference, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 5 Working with the borderline personality disorder, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 6 Working with the antisocial personality, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 7 Working with the addict, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 8 Working with post-traumatic stress, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 9 Working with the schizophrenic, schizotypal, or psychotic-core individual, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 10 Working with cultural diversity, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 11 Workplace stress and burnout, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 12 Dealing with organizational stress, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; Chapter 102 Conclusions, Nedra Lander, Danielle Nahon; bm-Chapter 1 Afterword, Nedra R. Lander, Danielle Nahon;

Editorial Reviews

'There are gems of seasoned wisdom throughout the book... I found in The Integrity Model new encouragement that I am beginning to understand some fundamental processes of human healing. It challenged me to set aside accustomed frameworks, and to think more broadly about what is unique to human nature and change. Lander and Nahon bring together many pieces of the puzzle that is always on the horizon for me when I am designing, conducting, and trying to understand my own research.' - William R. Miller, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, The University of New Mexico, USA, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers

"Nedra Lander and Danielle Nahon have produced both a fine tribute to the legacy of the late Hobart Mowrer and a potent example of how the ideas and practices of a distinguished psychologist can be developed and fashioned for a new generation... Lander and Nahon's book seeks to present a healthy form of relatedness which not only includes those who are often placed at the extreme end of the psychiatric continuum but has profound implications for couples, families, the workplace and even for international relations. Those who accuse them of naivete, grandiosity and evangelical zeal, are I suspect, unwittingly pointing to the book's importance and seditious power." - Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Self and Society

'There are gems of seasoned wisdom throughout the book... I found in The Integrity Model new encouragement that I am beginning to understand some fundamental processes of human healing. It challenged me to set aside accustomed frameworks, and to think more broadly about what is unique to human nature and change. Lander and Nahon bring together many pieces of the puzzle that is always on the horizon for me when I am designing, conducting, and trying to understand my own research.' - William R. Miller, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, The University of New Mexico, USA, Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers

'Nedra Lander and Danielle Nahon have produced both a fine tribute to the legacy of the late Hobart Mowrer and a potent example of how the ideas and practices of a distinguished psychologist can be developed and fashioned for a new generation... Lander and Nahon's book seeks to present a healthy form of relatedness which not only includes those who are often placed at the extreme end of the psychiatric continuum but has profound implications for couples, families, the workplace and even for international relations. Those who accuse them of naivete, grandiosity and evangelical zeal, are I suspect, unwittingly pointing to the book's importance and seditious power.' - Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of Counselling, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, Self and Society

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