The Shared Experience Of Illness: Stories Of Patients, Families, And Their Therapists Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
In the narrative of every human life and family, illness is a prominent character. Even if we have avoided serious illness ourselves, we cannot escape its reach into our circle of family and friends. Illness brings us closer to one another through caregiving and separates us through disability and death, yet little attention has been paid to personal and family illness in psychotherapy. Rather, therapists tend to focus on the psychosocial realm, leaving the biological realm to other physicians and nurses. Susan H. McDaniel, Jeri Hepworth, and William J. Doherty invited therapists who work with individuals and families experiencing chronic illness and disability to describe clinical cases that illustrate their approach to medical family therapy. Contributors then were asked to share a personal story about their experiences with illness, and to explain how those experiences affect the way they work with their clients. Vivid case studies dealing with a range of illnesses, including cancer infertility, schizophrenia, AIDS, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, and multiple sclerosis, show how the therapists' own experiences of illness are relevant to their care of others-and how these experiences can be used to form a healing bond in therapy. Poignant, honest, and illuminating, The Shared Experience of Illness allows us to understand more fully the relationship between the personal and the professional.
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Basic Books (May 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0465044301
ISBN-13: 978-0465044306
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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Best Sellers Rank: #747,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #87 in Books > Textbooks > Medicine & Health Sciences > Allied Health Services > Caregiving #2065 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > Counseling #3256 in Books > Textbooks > Social Sciences > Psychology > Psychotherapy
This should be in the library of every therapist who works with families experiencing illness. Well-written, it is engaging and provides insight into the personal experiences of living with disease.
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