A number of people have asked how to order the book containing selected
revised papers from the Xth International Congress in Townsville, Australia.
The book is published by the Australian Psychological Society in Melbourne.
The title is Personal Construct Theory: A Psychology for the Future. We've
tried to make it as easy as possible for overseas people to purchase, knowing
how difficult it is for us to obtain books from elsewhere. You can pay by
Bankcard, Visa or Mastercard. It is $AUS34.95 plus postage. Postage is
UK zone 5 $AUS10.20 Air Mail
USA zone 4 $AUS9.20 " "
Canada zone 4 $AUS9.20 " "
NZ zone 1 $AUS5.70
Europe depending on the country but most are zone 5 as above.
While this is a commercial, I should mention that any profits after costs are
met will benefit the Australian PCP Interest Group, not the editors. The fax
no. is 61 3 9663 6177 - address PO Box 126, Carlton South, Vic., 3053
Australia.
CONTENTS
CONSTRUCTIVISM & PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY
The Importance of Personal Construct Psychology
Dorothy Rowe 14
Personal Construct Theory Within Psychological Constructivism: Precursor or
Avant-Garde?
Gabriele Chiari & M. Laura Nuzzo 29
LANGUAGE, NARRATIVE AND CULTURE 65
Accepting the Invitational
Spencer A. McWilliams 66
An Exploration of Personal Meanings Through the Use of Drawings: A Brief
Introduction to An Experiential Workshop
Tom Ravenette 90
He was Big and Old and Frightening: Nursing Students' Constructs of Older
People
Julie Ellis 99
Construing and Constructs: Personal and Cultural?
Graham Davidson & Joseph Reser 117
Congress language, Personal Constructs, and Constructive Internationalism
Jorn Scheer 144
EXTENDING CLINICAL THEORY 168
How can Personal Construct Theory Explain Disorders of Perception and
Cognition?
Richard C. Bell 169
The Personal Construction of Traumatic Stress
Rue L. Cromwell, Kenneth W. Sewell & Charyle Langelle 192
APPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL CONSTRUCT METHODS 218
Modelling Decision Processes: A New Technique for Applying Personal Construct
Psychology
Roy Murray-Prior 219
The Application of Techniques from Personal Construct Psychology in the
Elicitation of Critical Success Factors
Adrian Fox & Helen Smith 234
Mentoring Employees: A Role for Personal Construct Psychology
Sean Brophy & Franz Epting 263
Into the Community or Back to the Ward? Clients' Construing as a Predictor of
the Outcome of Psychiatric Rehabilitation
David Winter, Stephen Goggins, Michael Baker &
Christopher Metcalfe 282
regards,
Beverly (Walker)
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