Tony Ward is Associate Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of the West of England, UK. His research has included therapeutic approaches to working with clients with complex neurological conditions, as well as holistic approaches to depression.

Arnaud Plagnol is Professor of Psychology and member of the Laboratoire de Psychopathologie et Neuropsychologie at the University Paris 8, France. He is also a clinical consultant to the medical home Toulouse-Lautrec in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France. His research has included representational spaces and new models of care.

Paves the way towards a cognitive psychodynamic approach

Integrates insights from the cognitive behavioural tradition, the psychodynamic approach and cognitive neuroscience to provide a coherent theoretical framework

Provides an overview of the current the current context of psychotherapy

Examines the contribution of cognitive science to understanding mental processes and psychological distress

Combines the fields of neuroscience and psychotherapy in a way that can be easily grasped by practitioners

Preface.- Chapter 1. The psychotherapeutic landscape at the start of the 21st Century.- Chapter 2. Insights from cognitive neuroscience.- Chapter 3. In search of the good life.- Chapter 4. Defined by our past.- Chapter 5. Principles of cognitive psychodynamic therapy.- Chapter 6. When life loses its lustre.- Chapter 7. Traumatic disorders - when the home collapses.- Chapter 8. Invaded by threat: anxiety and obsessive-compulsive thoughts.- Chapter 9. Possible worlds.- Chapter 10. Two paradigms to explore inner worlds.- Chapter 11. High level navigation.- Chapter 12. Conclusions and future directions.- Index.