This comprehensive guide for mental health practitioners and medical professionals addresses the delicate issues surrounding breast cancer and the processes involved in emotional coping and healing. Unlike other works, this volume takes a practice-oriented approach, offering readers a review of the medical, psychological and social aspects of breast cancer. Using case studies that depict women from diverse backgrounds, this text focuses on current research, interventions, psychological assessment, and addresses the concerns of women. Students and practitioners alike will appreciate this engagingly written and informative book.
Tabla de materias
Setting the Stage
Breast Cancer
What You Need to Know
Risk Factors and Prevention
The Breast Cancer Experience
How to Do a Psychosocial Assessment
Intervening with the Individual
Group Interventions
Family Issues
Therapeutic Issues
Sobre el autor
Mary Kopala is Professor Emerita at The Graduate Center and Hunter College, City University of New York. She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the Pennsylvania State University in 1987 and her Master’s of Education in Counselor Education in 1980 also from Penn State. During her teaching career which spanned nearly 25 years, she taught master’s students in rehabilitation and school counseling, and doctoral students in counseling and school psychology. She has worked as a clinician in private practice and at Georgia State University counseling center. Previous to receiving her Ph.D., she worked with college students at Temple University’s career counseling center, with college and high school students at Drexel University in Special Programs and Upward Bound, with international college students at Penn State, and as a counselor in Penn State’s freshmen orientation program. She coauthored and coedited professional articles, chapters, and books, and she presented at numerous state, regional, and national conferences. She also served in various administrative capacities, most recently as Executive Officer in Educational Psychology at the Graduate Center. Since retiring, she has continued to contribute to the profession as a reviewer of articles, book proposals, and health psychology student papers.
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