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Relational competence—the set of traits that allow people to interact with each other effectively—enjoys a long history of being recorded, studied, and analyzed. Accordingly, Relational Competence Theory (RCT) complements theories that treat individuals’ personality and functioning individually by placing the individual into full family and social context. The ambitious volume Relational Competence Theory: Research and Mental Health Applications opens out the RCT literature with emphasis on its applicability to interventions, and updates the state of research on RCT, examining what is robust and verifiable both in the lab and the clinic. The authors begin with the conceptual and empiri...
Hurt feelings are universal and are present in human beings as well as in animals. These feelings are usually avoided by human beings and overlooked by the scientific and professional mental health communities. Yet, if unresolved and not shared with loved ones and professionals, they tend to fester in our bodies and effect our functioning. If not expressed and shared with caring others, anger, sadness and fear are at the bottom of mental illness. Developmentally, each of these feelings respectively gives rise to antisocial acts, depression and severe mental illness. This book suggests that instead of traditional one-on-one, face-to-face, conversation-based interventions, distance writing will allow mental health professionals to assign interactive practice exercises specifically focused on hurt feelings.
This volume intergrates one contextual, developmental, and relational theory of personality socialization in the family and other settings with a complementary model of relational styles. Both the theory and the model share complementary characteristics of replicable operations in laboratory evaluation and in preventative and psychotherapeutic interventions in problems with intimate relationships. Further, both the theory and the model are linked to two major models of personality and intimate relationships, the circumplex and attachment, respectively. The theory's 15 models are derived from a variety of social psychological sources, including the social comparison model and resource exchange theory in social psychology. The complementary model, Elementary Pragmatic, owes its origins to communication and systems theories, going beyond them in specificity and applications. Scholars and researchers looking for novel and original ideas demonstrating how to link theory with practice and evaluation with interventions will find this volume of interest.
Four decades of contributions to personality theory and family practice have earned Luciano L’Abate a worldwide reputation for therapeutic insights. Now he expands on his pathbreaking relational theory of personality to apply it to the twenty-first-century family in all its configurations. Personality in Intimate Relationships showcases L’Abate’s trademark elegant style and provocative ideas in his most accessible work to date. Based on Axes I and II of the DSM-IV, the book describes relationships along a readily identifiable continuum ranging from optimal functionality to severe pathology, linking the author’s conceptual framework to specific diagnostic strategies, therapeutic inter...
Almost everything that matters to humans is derived from and through communication. Just because people communicate every day, however, does not mean that they are communicating competently. In fact, evidence indicates that there is a substantial need for better interpersonal skills among a significant proportion of the populace. Furthermore, "dark side" experiences in everyday life abound, and features of modern society pose new challenges that make the concept of communication competence increasingly complex. The Handbook of Communication Competence brings together scholars from across the globe to examine these various facets of communication competence, including its history, its essential components, and its applications in interpersonal, group, institutional, and societal contexts. The book provides a state-of-the-art review for scholars and graduate students, as well as practitioners in counseling, developmental, health care, educational, intercultural, and human resource management contexts, illustrating that communication competence is vital to health, relationships, and all collective human endeavors.
La competenza relazionale di ciascuno noi dipende dalle abilità specifiche che sappiamo esprimere rispetto alle relazioni più profonde, consente di individuare le modalità adatte per rapportarci ai contesti di vita e ci permette di costruire la nostra identità come il prodotto delle relazioni più significative; in altre parole, la competenza relazionale è sinonimo di personalità. Questo volume, che intende proporre a un pubblico più vasto una trattazione finora mantenuta in un ambito strettamente tecnico, esplora la natura delle relazioni, da quelle più occasionali a quelle più profonde, e cerca di fare chiarezza sui loro presupposti e sulle loro conseguenze. Le relazioni familiari...
Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) represents the major cause of mortality, accounting for one-third of all global deaths, 75% of which occur in middle- and low-income countries. CMD encompasses a broad spectrum of conditions characterized by limited prediction, based mainly on classical risk factors due to a lack of accurate molecular CMD predictors. Thus, there is an urgent need for improved diagnostics solutions to support early intervention and improve outcomes. Early detection and adequate intervention are crucial to prevent CMD-associated complications, encouraging the quest for appropriate biomarkers with diverse applications ranging from risk assessment and screening to diagnosis and prog...
La obra que aquí presentamos puede ser leída de diversos modos. En primer lugar, como un libro que busca transmitir y continuar una de las creaciones más innovadoras de David Maldavsky, su método de investigación psicoanalítica del discurso, el Algoritmo David Liberman (ADL). Dicho método, si bien ha sido desarrollado por su autor durante veinticinco años aproximadamente, es tributario de sus indagaciones teóricas y clínicas previas, del profundo trabajo sobre los fundamentos de la teoría freudiana que realizó desde los años setenta. Bajo esta primera forma de lectura, entonces, el libro está organizado en tres partes. La primera contiene las bases teóricas del método, sobre ...
This handbook is the first resource for the practicing clinician that addresses the role of homework – patients’ between-session activities - across major therapeutic paradigms and complex clinical problems. The book opens with a series of practice-orientated chapters on the role of homework in different psychotherapies. A wide range of psychotherapy approaches are covered, each illustrated with clinical examples. The book includes valuable coverage of complex and chronic disorders. Novice and seasoned psychotherapists from all training backgrounds will find useful ideas in this volume.