The Child Within: Taking the Young Person's Perspective by Applying Personal Construct Psychology

249 Pages·2007·1.92 MB·English

by  Richard Butler, David R. Green

THE CHILDWITHIN
Taking the Young Person’s Perspective by Applying Personal
Construct Psychology
Second Edition
Richard J. Butler
Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Child Health, Leeds Primary Care Trust
and Senior Associate Lecturer, University of Leeds
David Green
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Leeds and
Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Child Health, St James’s University
Hospital
with a guest chapter by Harry Procter
Formerly Head of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology Services, Som-
erset Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust
THE CHILDWITHIN
Second Edition
THE CHILDWITHIN
Taking the Young Person’s Perspective by Applying Personal
Construct Psychology
Second Edition
Richard J. Butler
Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Child Health, Leeds Primary Care Trust
and Senior Associate Lecturer, University of Leeds
David Green
Honorary Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Leeds and
Consultant Clinical Psychologist in Child Health, St James’s University
Hospital
with a guest chapter by Harry Procter
Formerly Head of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology Services, Som-
erset Partnership NHS and Social Care Trust
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CONTENTS
About the Authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Influences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
1 Fundamental principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2 Adopting a credulous approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3 The framework of personal construct theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4 Discovering children’s construing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5 The exploration ofself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6 Core construing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7 Performance and competence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
8 The growth ofsociality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
9 Troublesome behaviour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
10 Exploring avenues ofchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
11 Being in trouble with the law. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
12 Exploring illness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
13 Construing within the family (Harry Procter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
14 An evidence base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Subject Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225