Main description:

Little has been written about psychotherapy with the seriously physically ill and this book seeks to remedy that. The title Dual Realities refers to the inner reality of the individuals internal world and the outer reality of their illness and the interaction between the two. Out of this arena came an understanding that what is important f

Contents:

Foreword -- Introduction -- Assessing clients with a serious physical illness or disability for psychodynamic counselling -- Emotional reactions to serious diagnosis -- Living with a life-threatening tumour: in search of meaning and creativity -- Avoiding the issues: the consequences of poorly managed diabetes -- Living in the shadow of death -- "A journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step" -- Working with dual realities: psychological and physical -- What did you say? What did you mean? -- Becoming free -- A life well lived: the challenge of progressive disability -- Who am I, that I might become? The spiritual dimension in work with people who are seriously physically ill -- Inner worlds-outer realities. The dying person in counselling and psychotherapy -- Supervision of counsellors working with seriously physically ill patients