Peter Caputi is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the author of Personal Construct Psychology: New Ideas (edited with Foster & Viney, Wiley, 2006). Linda L. Viney is Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia and her most recent publication is Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research (2005).Beverley M. Walker is Honorary Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her publications include The Construction of Group Realities: Culture, Society and Personal Construct Theory (edited with Kalekin-Fishman & Walker, 1996) and The Internet Encyclopaedia of Personal Construct Psychology (edited with Scheer & Walker).Nadia Crittenden is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia, where she has she has taught for many years, conducted training workshops, and presented and published research

• About the Editors ix List of Contributors xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xviiPART I: SETTING THE SCENE1 Assessment of Personal Constructs: Features and Functions of Constructivist Techniques 3Heather Gaines Hardison and Robert A. Neimeyer2 Qualitative Methods in Personal Construct Research: A Set of Possible Criteria 53Linda L. Viney and Sue NagyPART II: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS3 The Use of Laddering: Techniques, Applications and Problems 71Beverly M. Walker and Nadia Crittenden4 The ABC Model Revisited 89Finn Tschudi and David Winter5 The Self-Characterization Technique: Uses, Analysis and Elaboration 109Nadia Crittenden and Chantel Ashkar6 Experience Cycle Methodology: A Method for Understanding the Construct Revision Pathway 129Lindsay G. Oades and Linda L. VineyPART III: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS7 An Introduction to Grid-based Methods 149Peter Caputi8 Analyzing Grids: New and Traditional Approaches 159Peter Caputi, Richard Bell and Desley Hennessy9 Computer-aided Constructivism 183Brian R. Gaines and Mildred L.G. Shaw10 Using Constructivist-oriented Content Analysis Scales 223Linda L. Viney and Peter CaputiPART IV: METHODS IN COUNSELING AND CLINICAL SETTINGS11 Narrative Assessment in Psychotherapy: A Constructivist Approach 247Luis Botella and MarıaGamiz12 Using Contrasting Drawings or Pictures as an Assessment Tool within a Personal Construct Framework 269Heather Foster and Linda L. Viney13 Personal Construct Psychotherapy Techniques with Adolescents: An Integrated Model 287Miriam Stein, Elaine Atkinson, and Anne FraserIndex 319

Peter Caputi is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the author of Personal Construct Psychology: New Ideas (edited with Foster & Viney, Wiley, 2006). Linda L. Viney is Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia and her most recent publication is Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research (2005).Beverley M. Walker is Honorary Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her publications include The Construction of Group Realities: Culture, Society and Personal Construct Theory (edited with Kalekin-Fishman & Walker, 1996) and The Internet Encyclopaedia of Personal Construct Psychology (edited with Scheer & Walker).Nadia Crittenden is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia, where she has she has taught for many years, conducted training workshops, and presented and published research

• About the Editors ix List of Contributors xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xviiPART I: SETTING THE SCENE1 Assessment of Personal Constructs: Features and Functions of Constructivist Techniques 3Heather Gaines Hardison and Robert A. Neimeyer2 Qualitative Methods in Personal Construct Research: A Set of Possible Criteria 53Linda L. Viney and Sue NagyPART II: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS3 The Use of Laddering: Techniques, Applications and Problems 71Beverly M. Walker and Nadia Crittenden4 The ABC Model Revisited 89Finn Tschudi and David Winter5 The Self-Characterization Technique: Uses, Analysis and Elaboration 109Nadia Crittenden and Chantel Ashkar6 Experience Cycle Methodology: A Method for Understanding the Construct Revision Pathway 129Lindsay G. Oades and Linda L. VineyPART III: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS7 An Introduction to Grid-based Methods 149Peter Caputi8 Analyzing Grids: New and Traditional Approaches 159Peter Caputi, Richard Bell and Desley Hennessy9 Computer-aided Constructivism 183Brian R. Gaines and Mildred L.G. Shaw10 Using Constructivist-oriented Content Analysis Scales 223Linda L. Viney and Peter CaputiPART IV: METHODS IN COUNSELING AND CLINICAL SETTINGS11 Narrative Assessment in Psychotherapy: A Constructivist Approach 247Luis Botella and MarıaGamiz12 Using Contrasting Drawings or Pictures as an Assessment Tool within a Personal Construct Framework 269Heather Foster and Linda L. Viney13 Personal Construct Psychotherapy Techniques with Adolescents: An Integrated Model 287Miriam Stein, Elaine Atkinson, and Anne FraserIndex 319

Peter Caputi is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the author of Personal Construct Psychology: New Ideas (edited with Foster & Viney, Wiley, 2006). Linda L. Viney is Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia and her most recent publication is Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research (2005).Beverley M. Walker is Honorary Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her publications include The Construction of Group Realities: Culture, Society and Personal Construct Theory (edited with Kalekin-Fishman & Walker, 1996) and The Internet Encyclopaedia of Personal Construct Psychology (edited with Scheer & Walker).Nadia Crittenden is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wollongong, Australia, where she has she has taught for many years, conducted training workshops, and presented and published research

• About the Editors ix List of Contributors xiPreface xvAcknowledgments xviiPART I: SETTING THE SCENE1 Assessment of Personal Constructs: Features and Functions of Constructivist Techniques 3Heather Gaines Hardison and Robert A. Neimeyer2 Qualitative Methods in Personal Construct Research: A Set of Possible Criteria 53Linda L. Viney and Sue NagyPART II: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS3 The Use of Laddering: Techniques, Applications and Problems 71Beverly M. Walker and Nadia Crittenden4 The ABC Model Revisited 89Finn Tschudi and David Winter5 The Self-Characterization Technique: Uses, Analysis and Elaboration 109Nadia Crittenden and Chantel Ashkar6 Experience Cycle Methodology: A Method for Understanding the Construct Revision Pathway 129Lindsay G. Oades and Linda L. VineyPART III: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES: EXPLORING PROCESS7 An Introduction to Grid-based Methods 149Peter Caputi8 Analyzing Grids: New and Traditional Approaches 159Peter Caputi, Richard Bell and Desley Hennessy9 Computer-aided Constructivism 183Brian R. Gaines and Mildred L.G. Shaw10 Using Constructivist-oriented Content Analysis Scales 223Linda L. Viney and Peter CaputiPART IV: METHODS IN COUNSELING AND CLINICAL SETTINGS11 Narrative Assessment in Psychotherapy: A Constructivist Approach 247Luis Botella and MarıaGamiz12 Using Contrasting Drawings or Pictures as an Assessment Tool within a Personal Construct Framework 269Heather Foster and Linda L. Viney13 Personal Construct Psychotherapy Techniques with Adolescents: An Integrated Model 287Miriam Stein, Elaine Atkinson, and Anne FraserIndex 319