The Mind in Therapy: Cognitive Science for Practice

440 Pages·2005·9.935 MB·English

by  Katherine D. Arbuthnott, Dennis W. Arbuthnott, Valerie A. Thompson

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The Mind in Therapy
Cognitive Science for Practice
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The Mind in Therapy
Cognitive Science for Practice
Katherine D. Arbuthnott
Campion College, University of Regina
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Dennis W. Arbuthnott
Arbuthnott & Associates
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
&
Valerie A. Thompson
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
First published 2006 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
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For Chris, Shane, and Devin,
whose minds always impress and inspire us
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For Jamie, whose encouragement and support make it possible,
and whose love and laughter make it worthwhile.
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Problem Solving: The Structure of Psychotherapy 7
3 Memory Retrieval Cues and Priming 37
4 Autobiographical Memory: The Stories and Scenes
of Our Lives 55
5 Autobiographical Memory Errors 75
6 Prospective Memory and Psychotherapeutic Homework 95
7 Attention: The Eye of the Mental Hurricane 116
8 Category Judgment 132
9 Decision Making: Gathering and Evaluating Evidence 157
10 Reasoning: Evaluating Conclusions and
Determining Cause 192
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11 Counterfactual Thinking: If Only and What If 229
12 Metacognition: What You Know About
How You Think 253
13 Emotion and Cognition: Mutual Influences 276
14 Catharsis or Containment: Inhibition and Health 303
15 Psychodynamic Principles as Cognitive Mechanisms 327
16 Prospect and Review: Cognition Throughout
the Process of Therapy 338
References 347
Author Index 405
Subject Index 425
Acknowledgments
ThisworkwassupportedinpartbyaSocialScienceandHumanitiesRe-
search Council (SSHRC) grant to K. Arbuthnott and D. Arbuthnott, and
NaturalScienceandEngineeringResearchCouncil(NSERC)grantstoK.
ArbuthnottandV.Thompson.Wearegratefulforthehelpfulfeedbackre-
ceived on earlier drafts of the chapters from the following: Laura Taylor,
Elizabeth Brass, Kinda Kealy, Gladys Behnsen, Walter Leckett, Morgan
Traquair, Judy Young, Marilee Allerdings, Stephen Wernikowski, P. L.
Bastian, Marlene Harper, and Veronica Hutchings.
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