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| concept of therapeutic communication: Therapeutic Communication Paul L. Wachtel, 2013-10 A uniquely practical guide and widely adopted text, this book shows precisely what therapists can say at key moments to enhance the process of healing and change. Paul Wachtel explains why some communications in therapy are particularly effective, while others that address essentially the same content may actually be countertherapeutic. He offers clear and specific guidelines for how to ask questions and make comments in ways that facilitate collaborative exploration and promote change. Illustrated with vivid case examples, the book is grounded in an integrative theory that draws from features of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, systemic, and experiential approaches. New to This Edition * Reflects nearly 20 years of advances in the field and refinements of the author's approach. *Broader audience: in addition to psychodynamic therapists, cognitive-behavioral therapists and others will find specific, user-friendly recommendations. *Chapter on key developments and convergences across different psychotherapeutic approaches. *Chapter on the therapeutic implications of attachment theory and research. See also Making Room for the Disavowed, which further develops Wachtel's integrative therapeutic approach, as well as Mastering the Clinical Conversation, by Matthieu Villatte, Jennifer L. Villatte, and Steven C. Hayes, which provides another vital perspective on language in psychotherapy. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Professional and Therapeutic Communication Melanie Birks, Ysanne Chapman, 2020 Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- About the authors -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1: Communication professionally and therapeutically -- 1 An introduction to professional and therapeutic communication -- Introduction -- What is professional and therapeutic communication? -- Why do we need to study professional and therapeutic communication? -- How do we ensure communication is professional and therapeutic? -- Who are we communicating with? -- Conclusion -- 2 Principles and practices in communication -- Introduction -- Three models of communication -- Verbal and non-verbal communication -- Compassionate intention -- Conclusion -- 3 Communication and self -- Introduction -- Self-awareness -- Emotional intelligence -- Empathy -- Mindfulness -- Professional presence -- Self-care in communication -- Conclusion -- 4 Reflection and clinical supervision -- Introduction -- Professional self-awareness -- Reflection -- Reflective practice -- Supervision -- Giving and receiving feedback -- Resilience -- Conclusion -- Part 2: Professional and Therapeutic Communication In Context -- 5 Interprofessional communication -- What is interprofessional communication? -- Why is interprofessional communication important? -- What are the elements of effective interprofessional communication? -- Strengthening interprofessional practice through communication skills -- Stereotyping as a shortcut to knowing -- Maximising communication effectiveness -- Interprofessional practice and the liminal space -- Ways forward -- Conclusion -- 6 Communicating in culturally diverse contexts -- Introduction -- What is culture? -- Communication and cultural diversity -- Viewing culture -- Cultural competence -- Culture, context and communication -- Cultural value dimensions -- Language barriers and the use of interpreters. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Engagement and Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing Sandra Walker, 2014-05-16 Being able to engage with service users and communicate effectively is a fundamental skill identified by the NMC and required of all mental health nurses. The reality is that building rapport and developing therapeutic relationships does not come instinctively for everyone. The authors have responded to this with a book that explains the different communication theories and models and goes on to show students how they work in the real world. Innovative exercises encourage reflection and enable students to practice their developing communication skills as they progress. Throughout the book the authors are focussed on promoting recovery and have put the service user at the centre of the discussion, ensuring that their voice is heard. Key features: - Covers the communication content of the new NMC Standards and Essential Skills Clusters for pre-registration degree-level nursing education - Focussed on promoting recovery and adopts a person-centred approach - Interactive style using realistic scenarios and case studies making theory easy to apply to practice - Includes a chapter co-authored by a service user offering a unique insight. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing Shira Birnbaum, 2017 This book introduces an innovative technique for therapeutic communication in mental health nursing, expanding the toolkit for nurses seeking to engage challenging patients who have not responded to more conventional therapeutic methods. Linking nursing communication to current research on metaphor and figuration, it is illustrated with accessible clinical examples. Therapeutic Communication in Mental Health Nursing is important reading for advanced-level practitioners, students, and researchers interested in communication and relationship-building in nursing. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Interpersonal Relations In Nursing Hildegard E. Peplau, RN, 1991-06-20 Originally published in 1952 by a towering figure in nursing history, this book stresses the then novel theory of interpersonal relations as it was relevant to the work of nurses. Her framework suggested that interaction phenomena that occur during patient-nurse relationships have qualitative impact on patient outcomes. While the past four decades have seen a substantial expansion in the use and understanding of interpersonal theory, such as cognitive development and general systems theory, this classic book remains a useful foundation for all nurses as so much subsequent work used this work as its starting point. Springer Publishing Company is delighted to make this book available again. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Communication in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Michela Rimondini, 2014-11-20 Research has shown that the therapeutic alliance is a key factor in the success of treatment, and a critical component of establishing this alliance is the communication between therapist and client. The efficacy of treatment depends on the therapist’s ability to collect reliable client information and create the foundation for a good relationship that involves the client in the healing process. Communication in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy provides an overview of the research and theory underlying the importance of therapeutic communication with a specific focus on cognitive behavioral psychotherapy. It brings together an international group of experts from the relevant disciplines of communication, psychotherapy, research and teaching to create an integrated perspective of this crucial area. The book offers a review of the main evidence-based theories, and is highlighted with specific examples and flow charts.Insight for trainers is given by providing learner-centered teaching methods that enhance the acquisition of these communication skills. For researchers, it offers both qualitative and quantitative analyses of the subject as well as a comprehensive review of the main analysis methods adopted in the field. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Emotional Communication and Therapeutic Change Wilma Bucci, 2020-12 In this book, Wilma Bucci applies her skills as a cognitive psychologist and researcher to the field of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, opening up new avenues for understanding the underlying processes that facilitate therapeutic communication and change. Grounded in research geared to understanding and demonstrating the clinical process (rather than the outcomes) of analytic inquiry and therapeutic dialogue, Bucci's Multiple Code Theory offers clinicians, researchers, trainers, and students new avenues for grasping the essential, though often unlanguaged, foundations of the psychotherapeutic endeavour-- |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing - E-Book Elizabeth M. Varcarolis, 2016-07-22 Awarded third place in the 2017 AJN Book of the Year Awards in the Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Category. Get a full understanding of today’s psychiatric nursing practice in less time! Essentials of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 3rd Edition offers the perfect balance of essential nursing interventions and clinical content paired with current research and evidence-based practice to fully equip you for today’s field of mental health nursing. This new edition continues to retain the reader-friendly style, emphasis on therapeutic communication, and the nursing process organization that was successful in the previous edition. It also includes additional DSM-5 disorders, illustrations of various neurobiology disorders, a new neurobiology learning tool, and new NCLEX review questions to help you pass your course and thoroughly prepare for the psychiatric nursing section of the NCLEX. REVISED! Examining the Evidence boxes explain the reasoning behind nursing interventions and how research affects everyday practice. UNIQUE! Applying the Art sections in the clinical chapters provide examples of therapeutic and nontherapeutic communication techniques as well as realistic nurse-patient interaction scenarios. Chapter review questions reinforce essential content from the chapter. Critical thinking questions introduce clinical situations in psychiatric nursing. Nursing Interventions tables familiarize readers with interventions for a disorder that they will encounter in clinical practice. Key concepts and terms clarify essential terminology. Vignettes offer succinct, real-life glimpses into clinical practice by describing patients and their psychiatric disorders. Assessment Guidelines familiarize readers with methods of assessing patients. Potential Nursing Diagnosis tables give several possible nursing diagnoses for a particular disorder along with the associated signs and symptoms. DSM-5 diagnostic criteria identifies medical diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders for integration into the nursing plan of care. Important contributions from psychiatric mental health nursing pioneers are featured in the opening unit pages. Cultural Considerations sections reinforce the principles of culturally competent care. Key Points to Remember outline the main concepts of each chapter in an easy to comprehend and concise bulleted list. Appendices feature the DSM-5 Classifications and a list of the latest NANDA-I diagnoses for readers’ reference. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Therapeutic Communications for Health Care Carol Tamparo, Wilburta Lindh, 2007-07-24 Health professionals today need a succinct yet brief text to guide them through the maze of communication with patients and consumers of health care. All the usual dynamics are heightened when persons participating in communication are sick, frustrated, hurting, and worried. the central idea of this comprehensive text is that good therapeutic communication with patients will decrease the risk both to patient and provider of misunderstandings, and will increase patient compliance, and save time for everyone in the long run. A wide variety of client profiles and appropriate therapeutic responses |
| concept of therapeutic communication: The Therapeutic Relationship Petruska Clarkson, 2003-11-07 This text provides coverage of the uses and abuses of the therapeutic relationship in counselling, psychology, psychotherapy and related fields. It provides a framework for integration, pluralism or deepening singularity with reference to five kinds of therapeutic relationship potentially available in every kind of counselling or psychodynamic work. The work incoporates training and supervision perspectives and examples of course design, uses in assessment and applications to group and couples as well as to organizations. Dealing with an issue of increasing complexity, the book should be of value and significance to psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, clinical and counselling psychologists and other professionals working in the field of helping human relationships such as doctors, social workers, teachers and counsellors. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: An Introduction to the Therapeutic Frame Anne Gray, 2013-10-30 Designed for psychotherapists and counsellors in training, An Introduction to the Therapeutic Frame clarifies the concept of the frame - the way of working set out in the first meeting between therapist and client. This Classic Edition of the book includes a brand new introduction by the author. Anne Gray, an experienced psychotherapist and teacher, uses lively and extensive case material to show how the frame can both contain feelings and further understanding within the therapeutic relationship. She takes the reader through each stage of therapeutic work, from the first meeting to the final contact, and looks at those aspects of management that beginners often find difficult, such as fee payment, letters and telephone calls, supervision and evaluation. Her practical advice on how to handle these situations will be invaluable to trainees as well as to those involved in their training. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: The Language of Change Paul Watzlawick, 1993 In this groundbreaking book, a world authority on human communication and communication therapy points out a basic contradiction in the way therapists use language. Although communications emerging in therapy are ascribed to the mind's unconscious, dark side, they are habitually translated in clinical dialogue into the supposedly therapeutic language of reason and consciousness. But, Dr. Watzlawick argues, it is precisely this bizarre language of the unconscious which holds the key to those realms where alone therapeutic change can take place. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: From Therapeutic Relationships to Transitional Care Cheryl Forchuk, 2021-03-21 This text provides a foundational understanding of therapeutic relationships and the transitional discharge model (TDM), a person-centered, evidence-based model that supports a smooth transition from hospital to community for people with mental illness Starting with background into the ground-breaking work of Dr. Hildegard Peplau, the mother of modern psychiatric nursing, and moving towards a transdisciplinary transitional discharge perspective, chapters introduce students and practitioners to theoretical, historical, and current perspectives on therapeutic relationships as they relate to transitional care. These perspectives foreground empirical research and practical applications that can be implemented in hospital and community settings. The Appendix features an essential TDM toolkit with forms, learning topics, and checklists developed by programs that implement TDM. Essential reading for those studying psychiatric nursing, this book combines theory, research, and best practices into a roadmap for students across nursing and psychiatric disciplines to coordinate these systems without having to implement radical changes to practice. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Communication for Health Professionals Julie Hosley, Elizabeth Molle-Matthews, 2006-01-20 This new textbook is designed to provide students with all the necessary tools to effectively communicate with patients and other health care professionals. With its easy-to-read style, it is loaded with useful tips to help students engage into the practice of communication. It presents condensed amounts of content for learning the basic principles and then integrating elements such as case scenarios, questions, or hints and tips to encourage application of those principles into real-life situations. Easy-to-read style provides practical information, hints, and tips. Test Your Communication IQ boxes provide students with a short self-assessment test at the beginning of each chapter. Spotlight on Future Success boxes provide students with useful, practical tips for improving communication. Taking the Chapter to Work boxes integrated within each chapter are actual case examples with useful tips to guide students to practice and apply what they have learned. Beyond the Classroom Activities exercises at the end of each chapter help students use knowledge learned from topics presented in the chapter. Check Your Comprehension exercises at the end of each chapter provide questions and activities to test student knowledge of chapter content. Communication Surfer Exercises focus on helping students utilize Internet resources to improve their knowledge and application of communication skills. Expanding Critical Thinking at the end of each chapter provides students with additional questions or activities designed to apply critical thinking skills. Legal Eagle boxes provide useful tips that focus on honesty, as well as ethical and legal communication between patients and health care workers. Unique, interactive CD-ROM, packaged with the textbook, includes a variety of application exercises, such as voice mail messages, patient/caregiver interviews, chapter key points, and patient charts. Audio segments on the CD-ROM provide communication in action to help students observe verbal communication examples and apply their skills. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Core Principles of Assessment and Therapeutic Communication with Children, Parents and Families Ruth Schmidt Neven, 2010-06-10 Informed by a psychodynamic perspective, this book provides an integrated approach to working with children, parents and families that can be applied by all professionals in a variety of settings. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Dying in America Institute of Medicine, Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End-of-Life Issues, 2015-03-19 For patients and their loved ones, no care decisions are more profound than those made near the end of life. Unfortunately, the experience of dying in the United States is often characterized by fragmented care, inadequate treatment of distressing symptoms, frequent transitions among care settings, and enormous care responsibilities for families. According to this report, the current health care system of rendering more intensive services than are necessary and desired by patients, and the lack of coordination among programs increases risks to patients and creates avoidable burdens on them and their families. Dying in America is a study of the current state of health care for persons of all ages who are nearing the end of life. Death is not a strictly medical event. Ideally, health care for those nearing the end of life harmonizes with social, psychological, and spiritual support. All people with advanced illnesses who may be approaching the end of life are entitled to access to high-quality, compassionate, evidence-based care, consistent with their wishes. Dying in America evaluates strategies to integrate care into a person- and family-centered, team-based framework, and makes recommendations to create a system that coordinates care and supports and respects the choices of patients and their families. The findings and recommendations of this report will address the needs of patients and their families and assist policy makers, clinicians and their educational and credentialing bodies, leaders of health care delivery and financing organizations, researchers, public and private funders, religious and community leaders, advocates of better care, journalists, and the public to provide the best care possible for people nearing the end of life. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Improving Therapeutic Communication D. Corydon Hammond, Dean H. Hepworth, Veon G. Smith, 1977-03-31 Throughout the book, the authors focus on the basic skills that facilitate communications in therapy (empathy, respect, authenticity, relating in the here-and-now, and confrontation) and explore specific methods of using them. These skills--which research shows are crucial to effective therapy--enable therapists and counselors to * Empathize in a caring way with the feelings of clients * Become receptive to clients in a warm, respectful, and nonjudgmental way * Constructively share feelings with clients in a natural, open manner * Therapeutically utilize moment-to-moment, here-and-now interaction * Make clients aware of their inconsistencies and discrepancies without arousing antagonism or defensiveness |
| concept of therapeutic communication: An Introduction to the Therapeutic Relationship in Counselling and Psychotherapy Stephen Paul, Divine Charura, 2014-10-16 The therapeutic relationship is considered to be the most significant factor in achieving positive therapeutic change. As such, it is essential that trainee and practising therapists are able to facilitate a strong working alliance with each of their clients. This book will help them do just that, by offering a practical and evidence-based guide to all aspects of the therapeutic relationship in counselling and psychotherapy. Cross-modal in its approach, this book examines the issues impacting on the therapeutic relationship true to all models of practice. Content covered includes: - The history of the therapeutic relationship - The place of the therapeutic relationship in a range of therapy settings, including IAPT - Concepts and practical skills essential for establishing and maintaining a successful working alliance - The application of the therapeutic relationship to a variety of professional roles in health and social care - Practice issues including potential challenges to the therapeutic relationship, working with diversity and personal and professional development - Research and new developments Using examples, points for reflection and chapter aims and summaries to help consolidate learning, the authors break down the complex and often daunting topic of the therapeutic relationship, making this essential reading for trainee and practising therapists, as well as those working in a wider range of health, social care and helping relationships. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Communication and Interpersonal Skills in Nursing Alec Grant, Benny Goodman, 2018-12-03 The new edition of this well regarded book introduces the underpinning theory and concepts required for the development of first class communication and interpersonal skills in nursing. By providing a simple to read overview of the central topics, students are able to quickly gain a solid, evidence-based grounding in the subject. Topics covered include: empathy; building therapeutic relationships; using a variety of communication methods; compassion and dignity; communicating in different environments; and culture and diversity issues. Three new chapters have been added that point readers towards further ways of approaching their communication skills that are less model and technique driven and focusing more on therapeutic considerations, as well as looking at the politics of communication. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Communication Skills for the Health Care Professional: Concepts, Practice, and Evidence Gwen Van Servellen, 2009-10-07 The first text of its kind to address the connection between communication practices and quality patient care outcomes provides future and practicing patient caregivers basic communication knowledge and skills. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: The Therapeutic Relationship Handbook: Theory and Practice Divine Charura, Stephen Paul, 2014-10-16 Practitioners across many counselling approaches acknowledge that the therapeutic relationship is central to therapy and its outcomes. This book argues that the therapeutic relationship cannot be reduced to particular words or therapeutic skills, but is a relationship encounter that promotes dialogue, contact and process. In each chapter, experts in different fields interpret the therapeutic relationship through the lens of their own modality, offering: Summaries of the key theoretical and research bases Example case studies of therapeutic interventions that illuminate key relational components of the approach and the development and management of the therapeutic relationship Study of the limitations, challenges and complexities of maintaining a therapeutic relationship Exploration of new developments in working with clients - capturing work that the authors and other colleagues have been involved in developing in that area The Therapeutic Relationship Handbook is a broad ranging guide for students as well as both new and experienced practitioners. Divine Charura is a Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. He is an Adult Psychotherapist who works in the NHS, voluntary sector and in private practice, as well as an independent trainer, supervisor and coach. Stephen Paul is a client-centred psychotherapist, practising in the areas of therapy, supervision and coaching. He retired as Director of The Centre for Psychological Therapies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK in 2012 after 20 years of service. The editors and authors of this book have produced a volume of theory and practice that has tremendous breadth and scope and that is a thorough analysis of the many facets of the therapeutic relationship. Rich in knowledge and practical applications, the authors demonstrate not only an understanding of their field, but also an ability to communicate this with vignettes and examples that are relevant and enable understanding for both students and practitioners alike. The limitations and challenges of each approach are recognised and a detailed list of further references is given for the reader to explore if desired. I highly recommend this book for both students and practitioners and congratulate the editors and authors on their work. I will certainly use it in our Counselling Education Programs for both Bachelor and Master of Counselling students. Dr Ann Moir-Bussy, Program Leader and Senior Lecturer Counselling, University of Sunshine Coast. Queensland, Australia |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Online Counseling Ron Kraus, George Stricker, Cedric Speyer, 2010-12-08 Providers and consumers of mental health services are increasingly making use of the internet to gather information, consult, and participate in psychotherapy. This Handbook gives practical insight into how professionals can translate their practice to an online medium. Divided into four sections, section one provides an overview of how the internet has become an integral part of people's lives, and the research to date on the use and effectiveness of counseling online, as well as idiosyncrasies of online behavior and communication. Section two discusses the practical aspects of counseling online, including technological issues, ethical and legal issues, and business issues. Section three focuses on performing psychotherapy online, including online treatment strategies and skills, working with online groups, online testing and assessment, and international and multicultural issues in online counseling. The last section discusses the future of online counseling. The Handbook is intended for those professionals interested in the burgeoning telehealth movement and to those practicing therapists looking for ways to expand their practices online and/or to help round out treatment to specific patients who might benefit from online therapy in addition to traditional delivery. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Communication in Nursing and Healthcare Iris Gault, Jean Shapcott, Armin Luthi, Graeme Reid, 2016-10-18 Communication is an essential skill for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals when delivering care to patients and their families. With its unique and practical approach, this new textbook will support students throughout the three years of their degree programme and on into practice, focussing on how to develop person-centredness and compassionate and collaborative care. Key features include: * students′ experiences and stories from service users and patients to help readers relate theory to practice * reflective exercises to help students think critically about their communication skills * learning objectives and chapter summaries for revision * interactive activities directly linked to the Values Exchange Community website |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Communication Skills in Nursing Practice Lucy Webb, 2019-11-25 Written specifically for student nurses developing their communication and interpersonal skills in any field of nursing. The book addresses all the competencies for communication skills outlined in the 2018 NMC standards and features insightful contributions from experienced nurses and healthcare leaders across different clinical fields. As communication and interpersonal skills have become essential to modern nursing, this book will focus on demonstrating how the theory behind these skills can be successfully applied in practice. Helping students to become confident, assured communicators when interacting with patients, whilst on placement and into their post-registration nursing career. The new edition includes the following updates: · A new chapter on person-centred care and intercultural communication. · Further content on modern forms of communication such as social media and other new technologies. · A new theme ‘Emotional intelligence’ integrated throughout the book. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Therapeutic Communication Paul L. Wachtel, 1993-03-19 Dr. Wachtel explores the largely unmapped territory of what the therapist says in the therapeutic setting, demonstrating a use of language that shows understanding, avoids inducing resistance, and yet does not sidestep the confrontation of painful realities. Extensive annotated transcripts of therap |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Therapeutic Nursing Dawn Freshwater, 2002-11-04 'I found the book to be fascinating and so thought provoking that it made me consider more carefully the text and prose to really understand what the author said. It is skilfully written, very readable and has implications for a wide range of people such as the undergraduate, practitioner, lecturer and researcher' Accident and Emergency Nursing Gaining self-awareness is a vital aspect of professional development for all who work in the caring professions. In nursing especially, the ability to evaluate oneself affects all areas of practice, including direct patient care, working relationships with colleagues and maintaining one's own well-being in the often pressured environment of health care. This is an innovative text which explores the ways in which self-awareness can be used as a practical tool for continuing professional development and practice improvement. Divided into three parts, the book examines the role of the nurse as therapeutic practitioner, reflective learner and reflexive researcher. For all those wishing to develop their skills as autonomous, reflective, accountable practitioners, this book will be an inspiring read. It will be of immense use to those who teach and supervise nurses at all levels. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Patient Safety and Quality: section 1, Patient safety and quality ; section 2, Evidence-based practice ; section 3, Patient-centered care Ronda Hughes, 2008 Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043). - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/ |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Therapeutic Interaction in Nursing Christine L. Williams, Carol M. Davis, 2005 Nurses are at the front lines of communications with patients, supervisors, physicians and administration, and they can use the skills they have developed as nurses to add value to those communications. Williams (nursing, U. of Miami) and her contributors start with the idea that to be effective and therapeutic communicators, nurses must understand |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine Robert C. Bast, Jr., Carlo M. Croce, William N. Hait, Waun Ki Hong, Donald W. Kufe, Martine Piccart-Gebhart, Raphael E. Pollock, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, Hongyang Wang, James F. Holland, 2017-03-20 Holland-Frei Cancer Medicine, Ninth Edition, offers a balanced view of the most current knowledge of cancer science and clinical oncology practice. This all-new edition is the consummate reference source for medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, internists, surgical oncologists, and others who treat cancer patients. A translational perspective throughout, integrating cancer biology with cancer management providing an in depth understanding of the disease An emphasis on multidisciplinary, research-driven patient care to improve outcomes and optimal use of all appropriate therapies Cutting-edge coverage of personalized cancer care, including molecular diagnostics and therapeutics Concise, readable, clinically relevant text with algorithms, guidelines and insight into the use of both conventional and novel drugs Includes free access to the Wiley Digital Edition providing search across the book, the full reference list with web links, illustrations and photographs, and post-publication updates |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Communication in Nursing Practice (CN-53): Passbooks Study Guide National Learning Corporation, 2019-02 The Certified Nurse Examination Series prepares individuals for licensing and certification conducted by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the National Certification Corporation (NCC), the National League for Nursing (NLN), and other organizations. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse Kathleen Wheeler, 2008-01-01 Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse provides the nurse psychotherapist with a useful how-to primer that contains practical techniques and interventions without a lot of theoretical jargon. Topics include the basics of psychotherapy, from how to respond to a patient's initial call to termination of care. Selected approaches, interpersonal, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic psychotherapy are highlighted with discussion of evidence-base research. Specific techniques for working with commonly seen patient populations that require special consideration: those who have experienced trauma, children, and older adults are included. In addition, how to integrate psychopharmacology and psychotherapy is discussed in detail. A straightforward approach to psychotherapy using a holistic nursing framework. Latest findings on the neurophysiology of psychotherapy including research on attachment, therapeutic relationships, and trauma. Evidence-based research for all approaches and populations discussed. Provides treatment hierarchy for decision making in selecting strategies for treatment from the initial contact and assessment to termination.Step-by-step guide to building the nurse-patient relationship in order to achieve quality outcomes. Includes detailed instructions on therapeutic communication techniques.Detailed instructions teach you how to use the latest therapeutic communication techniques.Includes all patient populations from children to the older adult with special emphasis on working with traumatized patients.Comprehensive appendices provide quick access to helpful forms and diagnostic tools specific to psychotherapy nursing practice. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Understanding and Managing the Therapeutic Relationship Director of the School of Social Work and Director of the Doctor of Social Work Program Fred R McKenzie, Fred R. McKenzie, 2011-06 Working with clients can be challenging, even for therapists with years of training, and working with difficult clients can be even more daunting. Understanding how the emotions of both therapist and client affect their relationship is as important as understanding theory and technique, and effective management of that relationship is crucial to successful treatment. Understanding and Managing the Therapeutic Relationship is the first book to integrate the theoretical, practical, and emotional aspects of the clinical relationship. Through a combination of classical and contemporary theory, comprehensive practical case applications, and empirically grounded knowledge from such varied sources as attachment theory and neuroscience, McKenzie has created a text that captures the emotional aspects of the therapeutic encounter in a way that is informative and useful to both the beginning clinician and the experienced therapist. This book works well in both advanced and introductory courses in social work theory and practice, counseling psychology practice, clinical psychology practice, and human services practice. It also proves a useful reference for doctoral level classes. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Basic Concepts of Psychiatric-mental Health Nursing Louise Rebraca Shives, 2007 This seventh edition includes new chapters and maintains popular features from previous editions such as self awareness prompts while adding research boxes and student worksheets at the end of each chapter. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: A Practical Guide for Cultivating Therapeutic Presence Shari M. Geller, 2017 Therapeutic presence allows mental health practitioners to engage more deeply with their clients and build a healing therapeutic alliance. This book outlines easy-to-use exercises that clinicians can implement in sessions and in their daily lives to develop therapeutic presence. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Communication for Nurses: Talking with Patients Lisa Kennedy Sheldon, 2009-10-07 Communication for Nurses offers valuable techniques delivered in a concise, user-friendly format that encourages reader's development of a personal, professional communication style. Topics include effective communication in difficult situations, the nurse-patient relationship, working with different patient groups and families, and communicating with other healthcare providers.-- Book Jacket. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: The Essential Concepts of Nursing John R. Cutcliffe, Hugh P. McKenna, 2005-01-01 For the first time, leading authorities come together to offer their expertise as they present the building blocks and concepts of nursing theory. Provides an explanation of concepts necessary as building block of theoryResearch basedDraws extensively on literatureExperienced contributors and editors, all leading experts in their fields |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Holistic Nursing Barbara Dossey, Lynn Keegan, 2008-08-15 Holistic Nursing: A Handbook for Practice, Third Edition is for all nurses who are interested in gaining in-depth knowledge of holistic nursing. the book can be used as a basic text in undergraduate, elective, and continuing education courses. It provides a user-friendly nursing process format, standards of holistic nursing practice care plans with patient outcomes, outcome criteria, and evaluation guidelines for clinical practice to nurses in acute care, home care, and hospice, and those who are clinical specialists, educators, and bedside practitioners. |
| concept of therapeutic communication: Concepts and Principles in Critical Care Nursing Mr. Rohit Manglik, 2024-03-22 EduGorilla Publication is a trusted name in the education sector, committed to empowering learners with high-quality study materials and resources. Specializing in competitive exams and academic support, EduGorilla provides comprehensive and well-structured content tailored to meet the needs of students across various streams and levels. |
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| concept of therapeutic communication: Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain - E-Book Simon Dagenais, Scott Haldeman, 2011-01-31 Covering all commonly used interventions for acute and chronic low back pain conditions, Evidence-Based Management of Low Back Pain consolidates current scientific studies and research evidence into a single, practical resource. Its multidisciplinary approach covers a wide scope of treatments from manual therapies to medical interventions to surgery, organizing interventions from least to most invasive. Editors Simon Dagenais and Scott Haldeman, along with expert contributors from a variety of clinical and academic institutions throughout the world, focus on the best available scientific evidence, summarizing the results from the strongest to the weakest types of studies. No other book makes it so easy to compare the different interventions and treatment approaches, giving you the tools to make better, more informed clinical decisions. - A multidisciplinary approach covers treatments from manual therapies to medical interventions to surgery, and many others in between. - An interdisciplinary approach enables health care providers to work together. - A logical, easy-to-follow organization covers information by intervention type, from least invasive to most invasive. - Integration of interventions provides information in a clinically useful way, so it's easier to consider more than one type of treatment or intervention for low back pain, and easier to see which methods should be tried first. - 155 illustrations include x-rays, photos, and drawings. - Tables and boxes summarize key information. - Evidence-based content allows you to make clinical decisions based on the ranking the best available scientific studies from strongest to weakest. - Patient history and examination chapters help in assessing the patient's condition and in ruling out serious pathology before making decisions about specific interventions. - Experienced editors and contributors are proven authors, researchers, and teachers, and practitioners, well known in the areas of orthopedics, pain management, chiropractic, physical therapy, and behavioral medicine as well as complementary and alternative medicine; the book's contributors include some of the leading clinical and research experts in the field of low back pain. - Coverage based on The Spine Journal special issue on low back pain ensures that topics are relevant and up to date. - A systematic review of interventions for low back pain includes these categories: patient education, exercise and rehabilitation, medications, manual therapy, physical modalities, complementary and alternative medicine, behavioral modification, injections, minimally invasive procedures, and surgery. - Surgical interventions include decompression, fusion, disc arthroplasty, and dynamic stabilization. - Additional coverage includes patient education and multidisciplinary rehabilitation. |
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In a physicalist theory of mind, a concept is a mental representation, which the brain uses to denote a class of things in the world.
CONCEPT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
CONCEPT definition: 1. a principle or idea: 2. to not understand about something: 3. a principle or idea: . Learn more.
CONCEPT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Concept definition: a general notion or idea; conception.. See examples of CONCEPT used in a sentence.
Concept - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
A concept is a thought or idea. If you're redecorating your bedroom, you might want to start with a concept, such as "flower garden" or "outer space." It's a general idea about a thing or group of …
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Definition of concept noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
concept - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jun 8, 2025 · Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of …
Concept - definition of concept by The Free Dictionary
1. a general notion or idea; conception. 2. an idea of something formed by mentally combining all its characteristics or particulars; a construct. 3. a directly conceived or intuited object of …
Concept | Idea, Meaning & Definition | Britannica
concept, in the Analytic school of philosophy, the subject matter of philosophy, which philosophers of the Analytic school hold to be concerned with the salient features of the language in which …
Concept Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Concept definition: A general idea or understanding of something.
