Table of Contents

Part One: The Psychology of Cancer 1: What people with cancer feel 2: A cognitive model of adjustment to cancer 3: Can cognitive behaviour therapy improve quality of life? 4: Can psychological therapy affect duration of survival? Part Two: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for People with Cancer 5: Overview of therapy 6: The therapy session 7: Experiencing and expressing emotions in adjuvant psychological therapy 8: Behavioural techniques 9: Cognitive techniques I: Basic cognitive techniques 10: Cognitive techniques II: Working with anxiety and depression 11: Applications of cognitive and behavioural techniques to common problems 12: Cancer in context: Working with underlying beliefs and assumptions 13: Working with couples 14: Cognitive behaviour therapy in advanced and terminal illness 15: Prolonged grief disorder among bereaved primary carers 16: Group therapy 17: Concluding remarks Appendices 1: Coping with Cancer 2: Thinking Errors 3: Weekly Activity Schedule 4: Thought Record 5a: Mental Adjustment to Cancer Scale 5b: Courtauld Emotional Control Scale 5c: Cancer Coping Questionnaire 5d: Cancer Concerns Checklist References

Promotional Information

Highly Commended in the Psychiatry Category, BMA Medical Book Awards 2012

Reviews

`Review from previous edition The book is very well written and may be appropriate not only for psychotherapists, but also for physicians who want to improve their psychosomatic skills.' Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics `I would . . . highly recommend this book to those working in palliative care. It was easy to read, of manageable length, and provided many useful examples of cognitive and behavioural techniques that those working in palliative care would be able to adopt immediately into clinical practice.' Palliative Medicine, 17