Person-centred psychopathology : a positive psychology of mental health

Abstract

Introductions Chapter 1: Psychopathology and the Person-Centred Approach: Building bridges between disciplines Stephen Joseph and Richard Worsley Chapter 2: A Carer's Experience of the Mental Health System Catherine Clarke Chapter 3: Principled and Strategic Opposition to the Medicalisation of Distress and All of Its Apparatus Pete Sanders Theory Chapter 4: Person-Centred Theory and 'Mental Illness' Paul Wilkins Chapter 5: From Self-objectification to Self-affirmation: The 'I-Me' and 'I-Self' relation stances Mick Cooper Chapter 6: Authenticity and Alienation: Towards an understanding of the person beyond the categories of order and disorder Peter F. Schmid Chapter 7: A Person-Centered View of Human Nature, Wellness, and Psychopathology Margaret S. Warner Chapter 8: The Complementarity between Client-Centred Therapy and Psychiatry: The theory and the practice Lisbeth Sommerbeck Chapter 9: Assessment and 'Diagnosis' in Person-Centred Therapy Paul Wilkins Chapter 10: The Concept of Evil as a Key to the Therapist's Use of the Self Richard Worsley Contexts Chapter 11: Facing Psychotic Functioning: Person-centred contact work in residential psychiatric care Dion Van Werde Chapter 12: Antisocial Personality Disorder and the Person-Centered Approach Leslie A. McCulloch Chapter 13: Understanding Post-Traumatic Stress from the Person-Centred Perspective Stephen Joseph Chapter 14: Working with Maternal Depression: Person-Centred Therapy as part of a multidisciplinary approach Elaine Catterall Chapter 15: Living with Pain: Mental health and the legacy of childhood abuse Jan Hawkins Chapter 16: Nine Considerations Concerning Psychotherapy and the Care for People 'With Special Needs' Marlis Portner Chapter 17: Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Person-centred approaches Jacky Knibbs and Heather Moran Chapter 18: Clinical Psychology and the Person-Centred Approach: An uncomfortable fit? Gillian Proctor Research Chapter 19: Searching for the Core: The interface of client-centered principles with other therapies Jerold D. Bozarth and Noriko Motomasa Chapter 20: Client-Centered Values Limit the Application of Research Findings - An issue for discussion Barbara T. Brodley Chapter 21: An Evaluation of Research, Concepts and Experiences Pertaining to the Universality of CCT and Its Application in Psychiatric Settings Lisbeth Sommerbeck Chapter 22: Small-Scale Research as Personal Development for Mental Health Professionals Richard Worsley Conclusion Chapter 23: A Positive Psychology of Mental Health: The person-centred perspective Stephen Joseph and Richard Wo