Meaning centered psychotherapy: a review of psychotherapeutic strategies for the treatment of cancer patients

  • Angélica Yolanda Bueno Bejarano Vale de Medeiros Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Eliane Ramos Pereira Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade Silva Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Renata Carla Nencetti Pereira Rocha Universidade Federal Fluminense
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/psic.72022
Keywords: Neoplasms, psychotherapy, spirituality, meaning in life.

Abstract

Objective: to present the psychotherapeutic strategies used in the treatment of cancer patients, whose purpose is to work in the meaning of life. Method: A systematic review was performed in the PROSPERO with the number CRD42019132385 registry, following the PRISMA method, based on Lilacs, Medline, Scopus and Web of Science. Results: 11 articles published between 2014 and 2020 were included. Meaning-Centered Psychotherapy (MCP) is the most used and effective psychotherapeutic strategy to help the patient about their meaning in life. Discussion: Three categories
have been developed: 1. Find the meaning of life through MCP; 2. Spiritual and psychological wellbeing
of the MCP and 3. Individual, group and couple therapies as effective strategies for the MCP.
Conclusions: This study shows that MCP, in addition to being beneficial for patients, could serve as an
alternative work for the psychologist, especially in regions of the Portuguese language where no studies
were found.

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Angélica Yolanda Bueno Bejarano Vale de Medeiros, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Programa Acadêmico em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem

Eliane Ramos Pereira, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Programa Acadêmico em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem

Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade Silva, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Acadêmico em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem

Renata Carla Nencetti Pereira Rocha, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Programa Acadêmico em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde, Escola de Enfermagem

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Published
2020-10-08
How to Cite
Bueno Bejarano Vale de Medeiros A. Y., Ramos Pereira E., Andrade Silva R. M. C. R. y Nencetti Pereira Rocha R. C. (2020). Meaning centered psychotherapy: a review of psychotherapeutic strategies for the treatment of cancer patients. Psicooncología, 17(2), 311-333. https://doi.org/10.5209/psic.72022
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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2020)
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