| Foreward |
11
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| Preface
and Acknowledgments |
15
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| Introduction |
19
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Physical,
emotional, cognitive, and spiritual dimensions
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21
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The
strength of fundamental values
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28
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Human
nature and the nature of knowledge
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31
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We
only know what we know
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32
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We
can agree on fundamentals
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36
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The
spiritual connection
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39
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| I.
Three Psychological Fundamentals |
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1a)
People have value because they exist
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49
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1b)
Individuals are separate from each other
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53
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2)
People make decisions governing themselves
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57
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3)
People think, feel, and act in their own way
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60
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| II.
Four Later Developmental Learnings |
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1)
Identity formation and sexuality: integration with the fundamentals
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68
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2)
Economic independence and responsibility: making one's mark
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71
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3)
Creativity
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73
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4)
Teaching and giving to others
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75
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| III.
Fifteen More Assumptions Basic to Psychotherapy |
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1)
There is a difference between thinking and feeling
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2)
There is a difference between feeling and behavior
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81
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3)
Emotions provide power to act
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83
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4)
Thinking gives us the ability to solve problems
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85
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5)
Human nature is an organic whole
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87
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6)
Condemnation of self or others is destructive
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90
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7)
People learn from experience
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93
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8)
Human beings are social animals
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9)
We always select what we do
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10)
We are always doing something
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11)
What we do affects others
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12)
We use values as criteria for action
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13)
It is desirable to be aware of our values and beliefs
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109
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14)
Symptoms are solutions
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111
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15)
No theory or technique is ultimate
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113
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Note
on Value Assumptions: A Pragmatic Faith
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IV.
The Fundamentals and Other Beliefs Viewed as Faith
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1)
Psychotherapy and faith
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123
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2)
Faith that these values nourish human strength
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3)
Faith in one objective reality
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134
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4)
Faith in the spirit within each person
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136
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5)
The spiritual dimension of life
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140
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6)
Experiencing the spiritual dimension
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151
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7)
Summary: values, faith, and psychotherapy
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162
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V.
Application of Values and Faith toTherapeutic Technique
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1)
Communication to the client: You have value because you
exist.
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2)
Communication to the client: You make decisions for yourself.
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183
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3)
Communication to the client: You think, feel, and act in
your own way
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187
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4)
Communication to the client : You can enjoy being the person
you are, including your sexuality.
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192
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5)
Communication to the client : You can be on your own and
a peer with your parents.
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194
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6)
Communication to the client : You have permission and the
ability to create.
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196
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7)
Communication to the client : You can teach and share what
you have learned.
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199
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| VI.
Clinical Application of the Fifteen other assumptions |
203
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1.
The therapist suggests ways the client's thinking can influence
feelings
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205
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2.
The therapist suggests changes in behavior in order to modify
feelings.
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207
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3.
The therapist engages the client emotionally, to give power
to client changes.
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209
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4.
The therapist allies with the client's ability to think
as a way to facilitate change.
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211
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5.
The therapist notices physiological, emotional, and interpersonal
factors.
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214
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6.
The therapist opposes condemnation of self and others as
destructive.
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217
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7.
The therapist focuses on experience as a resource to correct
what went wrong and to build on what went right
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220
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8.
The therapist defines movement toward cooper ation and closeness
as desirable and healthy.
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222
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9.
The therapist supports the client taking responsibility
for decisionmaking.
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225
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10.
The therapist sees behavior as a way to communicate with
others.
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228
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11.
The therapist knows the way the client is treated has powerful
effects.
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230
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12.
The therapist endorses the fundamental values that encourage
growth and health
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232
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13.
The therapist uses teaching as a tool to support emotional
growth.
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234
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14.
The therapist uses positive action as a way to confront
self-defeating behavior.
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237
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15.
The therapist listens to the wisdom of the client, knowing
the therapist's way is not the only way.
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240
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| Concluding
Remarks |
243
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| Index |
247
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| Bibliography |
251
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