Chapter 8 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Kathleen Wheeler This chapter begins with an overview of the underlying assumptions of psychodynamic psychotherapy, the history, and evidence-based research. Psychodynamic psychotherapy is discussed as on…
Chapter 1 The Nurse Psychotherapist and a Framework for Practice Kathleen Wheeler This chapter begins with the historical context of the nurse’s role as psychotherapist and the resources and challenges…
Chapter 12 Psychotherapy with Children Kathleen Delaney What defines the field of child psychotherapy? For anyone over a certain age, a mention of child psychotherapy conjures up an image of…
Chapter 2 The Neurophysiology of Psychotherapy Kathleen Wheeler This chapter considers the neurophysiologic basis for psychotherapy with the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) Model as the overall framework for practice. The…
Chapter 13 Psychotherapy with Older Adults Georgia L. Stevens, Merrie J. Kaas Adults older than 85 years are the fastest growing age group in the United States. At least 20%…
Chapter 3 The Initial Contact and Therapeutic Communication Kathleen Wheeler The two most important goals of the first session are to initiate a therapeutic alliance and to assess safety. Both…
Chapter 11 Processing Trauma Kathleen Wheeler Shapiro (2006) says that processed experiences are the basis of mental health functioning and that unprocessed experiential contributors are the basis of most psychopathology….
Chapter 14 Termination and Outcome Evaluation Kathleen Wheeler This chapter considers termination: when to terminate, how to handle the patient who terminates prematurely, under what circumstances the therapist initiates termination,…
Chapter 9 Psychopharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy Lisabeth Johnston Psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy are essential competencies, as delineated by the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Competencies (The National Panel, 2003) and the Psychiatric-mental…
Chapter 6 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Sharon E. Morgillo Freeman This chapter provides an overview of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), beginning with the guiding principles and evidence-based research for CBT. Basic cognitive and…
