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The use of autobiography in psychotherapy

โœ Scribed by Robert Sommer

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
74 KB
Volume
59
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9762

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โœฆ Synopsis

Abstract

Firstโ€person narratives may have advantages as adjuncts in psychotherapy. They provide an inside view of mental disorders expressed in the person's own words, emphasize issues that the person deems important, are interesting to read with strong story lines, are less didactic than selfโ€help books, and offer identification with a protagonist. Recent trends in published autobiographies are described. There has been an increase in the number of published autobiographies describing mood disorder relative to schizophrenia, of psychotherapists going public with personal experiences of mental disorder, and of books expressing a positive view of treatment. The article includes case vignettes and a practitionerโ€recommended list of autobiographies on addictive disorders, death and grieving, and mood disorders. ยฉ 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol/In Session 59: 197โ€“205, 2003.

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