The Self and Perspective Taking: Contributions and Applications from Modern Behavioral Science

by McHugh, Louise, Ph.D.; Stewart, Ian, Ph.D.; Williams, Mark, Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781572249950
• ISBN10: 1572249951
• Edition: Original
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-02-02
• Publisher: New Harbinger Pubns Inc

Summary

The Self and Perspective-Taking is an edited professional book featuring articles by Steven Hayes, Ruth Baer, and other leaders in psychotherapy. It presents the latest research findings and approaches to understanding how the human brain develops the concepts of self and other, how disruptions in this process can cause self-understanding deficits, and how these deficits can be overcome.

Author Biography

Editor Louise McHugh, PhD, is a faculty member in the school of psychology at University College Dublin. Editor Ian Stewart, PhD, is a faculty member in the department of psychology at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and coauthor of The Art and Science of Valuing in Psychotherapy. Foreword writer Mark Williams, PhD, is professor of clinical psychology and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow at Oxford University, UK.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Approaches to the Self
Approaches to the Self	p. 3
Self in Behavior Analysis	p. 37
Perspective Taking: Developmental and Clinical
A Contemporary Functional Analytic Account of Perspective faking	p. 55
Precursors to Perspective faking	p. 73
Theory of Mind	p. 91
How the Self Relates to Others When Perspective Taking Is Impaired	p. 109
The Self: Content and Processes
The Role of Self in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy	p. 125
The Self as the Context for Rule-Governed Behavior	p. 143
The Self in Cognitive Behavior Therapy	p. 161
The Self: Mindfulness and Transcendence
The Self and Mindfulness	p. 181
A Naturalistic Approach to Transcendence: Deictic Framing, Spirituality, and Prosociality	p. 199
References	p. 217
Index	p. 245
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