Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy Interventions in Advanced
Cancer
Sunday, 21 June 2009 - 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
William Breitbart MD and
Shannon Poppito PhD
Only in English / Ausschließlich auf Englisch
Target Audience:
Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, chaplains,
nurses, oncologists, palliative care and hospice clinicians, medical students,
psychology students, physicians in training (Psychiatry trainees/fellows; palliative
care trainees/fellows, oncology trainees/fellows).
This workshop would also be of interest to researchers of all disciplines who
are interested in intervention development in psycho-oncology and palliative
care.
Workshop Objectives:
The workshop shall enable participants to:
- Become familiar with the concept of
spirituality as a construct composed of faith and/or meaning.
- Become familiar
with the importance of meaning, as a component of spiritual well-being,
and its relationship to depression,
hopelessness and desire for death
- Become familiar with a structured, didactic
and experiential 8 session intervention for advanced cancer patients aimed
at sustaining
or enhancing a sense of meaning in the face of terminal illness.
- Participate
in experiential exercises that are components of 4 of the sessions in Meaning
Centered Psychotherapy.
Workshop Description:
This one day experiential workshop provides an overview
of a novel counseling intervention for patients with advanced cancer, entitled “Meaning
Centered Psychotherapy”. Participants will be introduced to the topics
of meaning and spirituality as they relate to cancer care and the experience
of patients with cancer. The basic concepts of Meaning Centered Psychotherapy
will then be described. Meaning Centered Psychotherapy is based on the
concepts of meaning as derived from the work of Viktor Frankl, M.D. and
adapted for use in cancer populations by our team at Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Cancer Center. Two forms of Meaning Centered Psychotherapy have been developed:
Meaning Centered Group Psychotherapy (8 weekly 1 ½ hour sessions;
Individual Meaning Centered Psychotherapy (7 weekly 1 hour sessions). Both
interventions are manualized and randomized controlled trials are currently
being conducted. Preliminary data from these studies will be presented
as well. During the workshop participants will have the opportunity to
participate in experiential exercises utilized in Meaning Centered Psychotherapy.
In addition, a detailed description of the intervention and the content
of each session will be provided.
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