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ISBN: 1135122547 / Publisher: Doubleday, January 1969
The 12 chapters presented by Laaksonen (chief psychologist, Helsinki U. Hospital Department of Neurology, Finland) and Ranta (chief psychologist, Seinäjoki Central Hospital Department of Neurology, Finland) provide guidance on approaches to treating neurological and neuropsychiatric patients in rehabilitation utilizing a holistic perspective in brain-mind relations and discuss the multidisciplinary theoretical background for such an approach. Psychology Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This groundbreaking volume provides a theoretical overview and clinical guidelines for the application of neuropsychotherapy. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining neuropsychological knowledge with recent conceptualizations from neuroscience and psychotherapy, with special emphasis on the role of working alliance.The first part of the book focuses on the historical roots of neuropsychotherapy. Then, a framework of interpersonal process in neuropsychotherapy and conceptualization for clinical purposes are described. Resistance is described through a historical perspective of conceptualizations to the present-day demands of understanding this phenomenon in the process of neuropsychotherapy. In addition, the neuropsychology of emotions is presented in a therapeutic process through a case intervention.The latter chapters of the book are concerned with special interest interventions and psychotherapeutic working methods suited for neuropsychotherapy. Representing a wide variety of theoretical, research oriented, clinical neuropsychological and psychotherapeutic expertise, this book will interest professionals in neuropsychological rehabilitation and those working with patients with cognitive, emotional and behavioral disorders in in-patient and out-patient settings.
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