This new book by international experts in psycho-oncology hasarisen from the teaching academies offered by the InternationalPsycho-oncology Society. It distills the wisdom and experience fromthe training manuals dedicated to individual psychologicaltherapies and combines them into an accessible handbook forclinicians in cancer care today.
The editors have brought together leading researchers andtherapists, who provide accounts of the prominent models ofpsychotherapy currently being used in cancer care, the key themesthey address and the essential techniques needed to apply eachapproach successfully. Helpful clinical illustrations arewoven throughout the book to make overt the strategies found ineach model.
* Provides practical guidance about how to deliver a range ofindividual, group, couple and family interventions that have provenutility in cancer care.
* Describes comprehensively each model of psychotherapy as taughtby experts delivering the International Psycho-OncologySociety's Educational Academy on cancer care for patients andtheir families.
* Features practical suggestions on therapy delivery from theworld's leading proponents of each therapy.
* Serves as a valuable tool to assist teaching and to facilitateresearch into psychological interventions in oncology, palliativecare and bereavement.
* Functions as a readily accessible resource for cliniciansstruggling to support someone effectively, through its provision ofinsight into the common challenges and traps that arise whenproviding patients with emotionalsupport.
This practical handbook will help not only psychiatrists,psychologists and social workers but also physicians, surgeons,general practitioners and nurses interested in better understandingand supporting the patients and families they care for.