Oxford guide to metaphors in CBT building cognitive bridges

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...

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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
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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.