Meaning in Life A Therapist’s Guide

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Pub. Date: 2018-03-13
Publisher(s): American Psychological Association
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Summary

In this groundbreaking book, author Clara Hill analyzes various theoretical approaches to MIL, and provides clear, practical guidance on how to incorporate MIL as a construct and focus in therapy.

We all struggle to process our experiences, achievements, and failures within the context of a meaningful life. Knowing how to discuss meaning, and how to help patients find it, is a vital tool for all mental health practitioners. The concept of meaning-in-life (MIL) can help clients come to understand their lives as filled with significance and purpose. Hill weighs decades of research on MIL against her own recent work at the University of Maryland, distinguishing MIL research from other similar constructs and discussing the various sources of meaning that we all can find and apply in our daily lives.

With strong case examples and hands-on reflection activities, Hill shows how therapists of all orientations can apply MIL in their practice.       

Author Biography

Clara E. Hill, PhD, earned her doctorate at Southern Illinois University in 1974. She started her career in 1974 as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, and is currently still there as a professor. She has been president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, editor of the Journal of Counseling Psychology, and coeditor of Psychotherapy Research. Her awards include the Leona Tyler Award (APA Division 17: Society of Counseling Psychology), the Distinguished Psychologist Award (APA Division 29: Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy), the Distinguished Research Career Award (Society for Psychotherapy Research), and the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award (Section on Counseling and Psychotherapy Process and Outcome Research, Society for Counseling Psychology). Her major research interests are helping skills, psychotherapy process and outcome, training and supervising therapists, dreamwork, meaning in life, and qualitative research. Dr. Hill has published more than 220 journal articles, more than 75 book chapters, and 14 books (including Helping Skills [2014]; Dream Work in Therapy [2004]; and Consensual Qualitative Research [2012]).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue
I. Overview of Meaning in Life
Chapter 1. Definition of Meaning in Life
Chapter 2. Development and Nature of Meaning in Life
Chapter 3. Sources of Meaning
II. Therapeutic Applications for Working With Meaning in Life
Chapter 4. Existing Psychotherapy Theories About Meaning in Life
Chapter 5. A Model for Working With Meaning in Life
Chapter 6. Meaning-in-Life Work With Specific Client Problems
Chapter 7. Case Examples of Clients With Meaning-in-Life Concerns
Chapter 8. Multicultural and Ethical Considerations in Working With Meaning in Life in Psychotherapy
Chapter 9. Finding Meaning in Life: A Self-Help Guide
III. Research on Meaning in Life
Chapter 10. Our Research at the University of Maryland on Meaning in Life
Chapter 11. Measurement of Meaning in Life
IV. Conclusion
Chapter 12. Future Directions
References
Index
About the Author
 

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