Description
Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully provides valuable insight into the experience of patients and families living with advanced cancer and describes a novel psychotherapeutic approach to help them live meaningfully, while also facing the threat of mortality. Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully, also known by the acronym CALM, is a brief supportive-expressive intervention that can be delivered by a wide range of trained healthcare providers as part of cancer care or early palliative care. The authors provide an overview of the clinical experience and research that led to the development of CALM, a clear description of the intervention, and a manualized guide to aid in its delivery. Situated in the context of early palliative care, this text is destined to be become essential reading for healthcare professionals engaged in providing psychological support to patients and their families who face the practical and profound problems of advanced disease.
Table of Contents
IntroductionPart I: CALM FoundationsChapter 1: The Meaning of Mortality in Modern LifeChapter 2: The Management of TerrorChapter 3: One Thousand Lives: The Work that Influenced CALMChapter 4: Attachment SecurityChapter 5: Mentalization and MortalityChapter 6: Treatment Decisions and the Therapeutic ProcessChapter 7: CALM and the Desire for DeathChapter 8: The Pearl in the Oyster: Posttraumatic GrowthChapter 9: The Context of CALMChapter 10: Measuring Process and Outcome in CALMChapter 11: The Experience of CALM TrainingChapter 12: From Our Clinic, Across the Globe: CALM Training, Research, and AdvocacyPart II: The CALM Treatment ManualChapter 13: Rationale, Foundations, and Goals of CALMChapter 14: The Structure and Process of CALMChapter 15: The CALM DomainsChapter 16: Utilizing Measures in Clinical Practice and SupervisionChapter 17: CALM Therapy CasesEpilogueAppendix AAppendix BAppendix CAppendix DAppendix EAppendix FAppendix GAppendix HAppendix I
