1st Edition

Autobiographical Memory and the Self Relationship and Implications for Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy

By Soljana Cili, Lusia Stopa Copyright 2018
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

Autobiographical memory shapes our understanding of ourselves, guides our behaviour, and helps us to develop and maintain relationships with others. The ways in which we interpret and narrate our memories have important implications for our psychological well-being, and can sometimes contribute to the onset and maintenance of a variety of psychological disorders. Autobiographical Memory... Read more

Acknowledgements



Introduction



Chapter 1: Introduction to Autobiographical Memory and Its Functions



Chapter 2: The Journey from Concrete Experience to Abstract Self-Knowledge: How Autobiographical Memory Contributes to the Development of the Self



Chapter 3: Not Just a Long-Term Affair: How Autobiographical Memory Retrieval Exerts an Immediate Influence On the Self



Chapter 4: Implications of The Memory-Self Relationship for Psychological Well-Being



Chapter 5: Implications of The Memory-Self Relationship and Narrative Identity Literature for Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy



Chapter 6: What Next? Reflections and Directions for Future Research on the Memory-Self Relationship



Index

Biography

Soljana Çili is Lecturer in Psychology at the University of the Arts London and a visiting academic at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research focuses on the memory-imagery-self relationship.





Lusia Stopa is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton, UK. Her research examines how imagery represents the self and how imagery interventions can change negative self-views.