Oxford guide to metaphors in CBT building cognitive bridges

• Other Authors: Stott, Richard (Editor), Mansell, Warren (Editor), Salkovskis, Paul (Editor), Lavender, Anna (Editor), Cartwright-Hatton, Sam (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2010
• Series: Oxford guides in cognitive behavioural therapy
• Subjects: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy > methods; Mental Disorders > therapy; Metaphor
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The business of cognitive therapy is to transform meanings. What better way to achieve this than through a metaphor? Metaphors straddle two different domains at once, providing a conceptual bridge from a problematic interpretation to a fresh new perspective that can cast one's experiences in a...

Table of Contents:

• Historical roots, theory, and conceptualisation
• Clinical use of metaphor
• The principles, format, and context of CBT
• Conceptualising cognition and metacognition
• Depression
• Anxiety disorders
• Bipolar disorders and mood swings
• Psychosis
• Eating disorders
• Interpersonal difficulties
• Working with parents
• Clinical art and clinical science of metaphor in CBT : future directions.