The Self and Perspective Taking: Contributions and Applications from Modern Behavioral Science - Softcover

McHugh PhD, Louise; Stewart PhD, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572249951 ISBN 13: 9781572249950

Publisher: Context Press, 2012

Synopsis

Helping clients cope with problems of self is an important goal of modern psychotherapy. However, without ways of understanding or measuring the self and self-relevant behavior, it’s difficult for psychologists and researchers to determine if intervention has been effective.

From a modern contextual behavioral point of view, the self develops in tandem with the ability to take perspective on one’s own and other people’s behavior. This collection of articles by Steven Hayes, Kelly Wilson, Louise McHugh, Ian Stewart, and other leading researchers begins with a complete history of psychological approaches to understanding the self before presenting contemporary accounts that examine the self and perspective taking from behavioral, developmental, and cognitive perspectives. The articles in The Self and Perspective Taking also explore the role of the self as it relates to acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and mindfulness processes. Featuring work from world-renowned psychologists, this resource will help clinicians augment self-understanding in clients, especially those with autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and impaired perspective-taking abilities.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"The Self and Perspective-Taking is an edited professional book featuring articles by several leading researchers and practitioners in psychotherapy, including Steven Hayes, Kelly Wilson and others. It presents the latest research findings and approaches to understanding how people learn the concepts of “self” and “other”, how disruptions in this process can cause self-understanding deficits, and how these deficits can be overcome."

About the Author:

Editor Louise McHugh, PhD, is a faculty member in the school of psychology at University College Dublin.

Editor Ian Stewart, PhD, is a faculty member in the department of psychology at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and coauthor of The Art and Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy.

Foreword writer Mark Williams, PhD, is professor of clinical psychology and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow at Oxford University, UK.

About this edition

• Publisher: Context Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1572249951
• ISBN 13: 9781572249950
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272