Adapting meaning-centered psychotherapy in the palliative care setting: Meaning-centered psychotherapy-palliative care Book Section
| Authors: | Masterson, M.; Rosenfeld, B.; Pessin, H.; Fenn, N. |
| Editor: | Breitbart, W. |
| Article/Chapter Title: | Adapting meaning-centered psychotherapy in the palliative care setting: Meaning-centered psychotherapy-palliative care |
| Abstract: | Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy-Palliative Care (MCP-PC) is a novel intervention aimed at addressing the emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs of patients receiving palliative care. As described in the chapter, this approach offers a flexible, individualized approach to help patients in the palliative care or hospice setting optimize coping through the pursuit of an enhanced sense of meaning and purpose. Our belief that the potential to create or experience meaning exists until the last moment of life is central to this intervention and is particularly salient among this population because they face many physical, emotional, and temporal limitations. The results of our pilot study of MCP-PC provide preliminary evidence to support the feasibility of this intervention. Patient engagement in the experiential exercises was noted as a particularly influential component of treatment, but many topics and exercises were perceived as helpful. Furthermore, the flexible nature of MCP-PC allows patients to make the most of these exercises by exploring the most salient meaning-centered topics and applying them to their own lived experiences. Our observations and pilot study demonstrate the promise of this flexible and novel intervention to meet the existential needs of patients receiving palliative care. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Keywords: | palliative care; meaning; hospice; coping; meaning-centered psychotherapy |
| Book Title: | Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy in the Cancer Setting: Finding Meaning and Hope in the Face of Suffering |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-983722-9 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication Place: | New York, NY |
| Date Published: | 2017-01-01 |
| Start Page: | 112 |
| End Page: | 121 |
| Language: | English |
| ACCESSION: | 2016-61203-009 |
| PROVIDER: | Ovid Technologies |
| PROVIDER: | psycinfo |
| DOI: | 10.1093/med/9780199837229.003.0009 |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Book Chapter: 9 -- Source: PsycINFO |
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