Introduction to Neuropsychotherapy : Guidelines for Rehabilitation of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Patients Throughout the Lifespan

This groundbreaking volume provides a theoretical overview and clinical guidelines for the application of neuropsychotherapy. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining neuropsychological knowledge with recent conceptualizations from neuroscience and psychotherapy, with special emphasis on the role of working alliance. The first part of the book focuses on the historical roots of neuropsychotherapy. Then, a framework of interpersonal process in neuropsychotherapy and conceptualization for clinical purposes are described. Resistance is described through a historical perspective of conceptualizations to the present-day demands of understanding this phenomenon in the process of neuropsychotherapy. In addition, the neuropsychology of emotions is presented in a therapeutic process through a case intervention. The latter chapters of the book are concerned with special interest interventions and psychotherapeutic working methods suited for neuropsychotherapy. Representing a wide variety of theoretical, research oriented, clinical neuropsychological and psychotherapeutic expertise, this book will interest professionals in neuropsychological rehabilitation and those working with patients with cognitive, emotional and behavioral disorders in in-patient and out-patient settings. Cover 1 Introduction to Neuropsychotherapy 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Contributors 8 Foreword 10 Introduction 12 1 Neuropsychotherapeutic Approaches in the Rehabilitation Context 14 2 Neuropsychological Assessment in Adults: Integrating Neuropsychological Knowledge for Treatment and Therapeutic Purposes 42 3 Brain Development and the Everlasting Process of Self-Regulation: Implications for the Development of Perception, Attention, Language, and Memory 52 4 Motivational Regulation and Its Effect on Mental Processing in Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Rehabilitation Perspective 78 5 Effects of Brain Injury on Emotional Reactions in a Therapeutic Process 89 6 Resistance in Treating Neurological Patients 119 7 Process-Oriented Neuropsychological Outpatient Rehabilitation: Practical Examples of Various Etiological Groups at the Post-Acute Stages 138 8 Helping Children with Acquired Brain Injury to Engage in a Neuropsychotherapeutic Process 153 9 Therapeutic Applications with Different Types of Developmental Disabilities in Young Adults 181 10 Challenge to Change in the Family Narrative 196 11 Neuropsychotherapeutic Elements as an Integrative Part of Holistic Rehabilitation Programs 208 12 Summary of Applications of Psychotherapeutic Methods in Neuropsychotherapy 224 Epilogue 254 Acknowledgments 255 Index 256 This groundbreaking volume provides a theoretical as well as clinical picture of the background and guidelines for clinical applications of neuropsychotherapy. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining neuropsychological knowledge with recent conceptualizations of other fields of neuroscience and models of psychotherapy with special emphasis on the role of working alliance.