Metaphors in cognitive-behavioral therapy. Creation of cognitive connections. Stott R., Mansell U.

One of the methods of cognitive -behavioral therapy is a change in the picture of the client world using correctly selected metaphors. This approach has perfectly established itself in the treatment of depression, anxiety, panic attacks, post -traumatic stress disorders, etc. Changing the description of the situation and creating new meanings helps the client to transform his view of the world, and after that, and his attitude, reduce the sharpness of the experiences, take a more constructive position, abandon destructive coping strategies. The book contains recommendations for the choice of metaphors and gives the tested and well -established images that are successfully used by the authors and their colleagues working both in the KPT and in other areas of modern psychiatry.