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The benefits of concurrent engagement in meaning-centered psychotherapy and meaning-centered psychotherapy for cancer caregivers: A case study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2022

Kailey E. Roberts Open the ORCID record for Kailey E. Roberts [Opens in a new window]  and
Allison J. Applebaum Open the ORCID record for Allison J. Applebaum [Opens in a new window]
Kailey E. Roberts*
Affiliation:
Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY
Allison J. Applebaum
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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Author for correspondence: Kailey E. Roberts, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, 1165 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, NY 10461, USA. E-mail: kailey.roberts@yu.edu
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Abstract

Objective

This report describes a case of concurrent engagement in Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) and Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy for Caregivers (MCP-C), brief, structured interventions designed to address existential distress in patients with cancer and cancer caregivers.

Method

Descriptions of the independent courses of MCP/MCP-C treatment for a patient with Glioblastoma Multiforme and his caregiver are provided with both unique and shared themes around sources of meaning highlighted.

Results

The patient and caregiver each experienced enhanced well-being as a result of receiving MCP and MCP-C, as well as shared benefits of deepened connectedness. Engagement in MCP/MCP-C had important implications for their experience of the patient's end-of-life and the caregiver's bereavement.

Significance of results

MCP and MCP-C are interventions typically delivered independently to patients and caregivers. The individual and shared benefits derived from MCP/MCP-C by this patient and caregiver point to the potential benefits of concurrent engagement and the need for future dyadic research on MCP/MCP-C.

Keywords

CaregiverCouplesMeaning-centered psychotherapyMeaning-centered psychotherapy for cancer caregivers
Type
Case Report
Information
Palliative & Supportive Care , Volume 20 , Issue 5 , October 2022 , pp. 754 - 756
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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