Psychotherapy with Suicidal People: A Person-centred Approach

478 Pages·2004·1.81 MB·English

by  Antoon A. Leenaars

PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH
SUICIDAL PEOPLE
A Person-centred Approach
Antoon A. Leenaars
PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH SUICIDAL PEOPLE
PSYCHOTHERAPY WITH
SUICIDAL PEOPLE
A Person-centred Approach
Antoon A. Leenaars
Copyright ⃝C 2004 John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester,
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To my beloved grandmother, Cornelia van Hooijdonk
(nee. Huubrects, 5th August 1883 to 15th December 1956),
who was my first mentor on life.
CONTENTS
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
Part I Understanding
Chapter 1 Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2 Suicide: A Multidimensional Malaise . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 3 Unconscious Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Chapter 4 Cognition, Communication, and Suicide Notes . 83
Part II Suicide Risk Assessment
Chapter 5 Clinical Evaluation of Suicide Risk . . . . . . . . . 93
Chapter 6 Thematic Guide for Suicide Prediction (TGSP) 106
Chapter 7 TGSP: Practice on Suicide Notes, Psychotherapy
Protocols, and Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Chapter 8 Sylvia Plath: A Protocol Analysis of Her
Last Poems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chapter 9 Rick: A Suicide in a Young Adult . . . . . . . . . 136
Chapter 10 Scott: Suicide or Homicide? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151