Author(s): IAN STEWART LOUISE MCHUGH

Penguin AU 2021 | No Category

Helping clients cope with problems of self is an important goal of modern psychotherapy. However, without ways of understanding or measuring the self and self-relevant behaviour, it’s difficult for psychologists and researchers to determine if intervention has been effective.

From a modern contextual behavioural point of view, the self develops in tandem with the ability to take perspective on one’s own and other people’s behaviour. This collection of articles by Steven Hayes, Kelly Wilson, Louise McHugh, Ian Stewart, and other leading researchers begins with a complete history of psychological approaches to understanding the self before presenting contemporary accounts that examine the self and perspective taking from behavioural, developmental, and cognitive perspectives. The articles in The Self and Perspective Taking also explore the role of the self as it relates to acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive behaviour therapy, and mindfulness processes.

Featuring work from world-renowned psychologists, this resource will help clinicians augment self-understanding in clients, especially those with autism spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and impaired perspective-taking abilities.