“Association cards in psychotherapy of destructive manifestations”

Author: N.V. Buravtsova.
Year of publication: 2018, 420 pages.
Size: 204×144, soft cover.
The book is a practical guide to the use of metaphorical associative cards in psychotherapy of various destructive manifestations.
The uniqueness of this book lies in it describes more than 150 techniques and algorithms of work.
It examines:
– a wide range of destruction in interpersonal relationships,
– the specifics of normative and non-normative life crises,
– various types of deviant behavior,
– scenario settings and scenario behavior,
– the possibility of using associative cards in cognitive-emotive psychotherapy,
– attention is paid to the development and correction of resource states, personal charm and charisma.
Since it is not easy to find a specific technique in large quantities working with maps, the book includes an “Index of Techniques and Algorithms”, and complex techniques are presented in separate paragraphs, their names are presented in the contents.
For ease of understanding, when describing each technique, the goal it is aimed at achieving is indicated, and the recommended ones are indicated sets of metaphorical associative cards for work.
A number of techniques and algorithms are illustrated with examples and fragments of work with clients.
The book uses the author’s developments:
– the “Mirrors of Reality” technique;
– a set of psychological tools “PSI” -case”;
– associative cards House, Allegories, Pictograms, Nonimals and a number of other psychological tools.
The publication is recommended as a guide for practical psychologists, teachers, social workers, students, graduate students and university teachers.
The book can be useful not only to professionals, but also to people experiencing life crises to overcome existing and potential difficulties.

Techniques for working with associative cards will become assistants for many in an objective assessment and resolution of various situations; will make difficult life choices clearer, contribute to the development and harmonization of relationships, awareness and resolution of internal conflicts.