1st Edition
Breakdown and Breakthrough Psychotherapy in a New Dimension
By Nathan Field
Copyright 1996
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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Breakdown and Breakthrough examines the essential role of regression in the patient's recovery from mental illness. In light of this Nathan Field reassesses the role of the therapist tracing psychotherapy back to its earliest spiritual roots and comparing modern analytic methods with ancient practices of healing and exorcism. The author uses vivid examples from his psychotherapeutic practice to... Read more
Acknowledgements, 1 Interpreting and relating, 2 Breakdown and breakthrough, 3 Healing and exorcism, 4 Mechanisms and mysteries, 5 New science and old philosophies, 6 New science and psychotherapy, 7 The spectrum of consciousness, 8 The fourth dimension, 9 The spectrum of treatment, 10 The area of convergence, 11 Dubious practices, 12 Danger in the fourth dimension, 13 Psychotherapy and subversion, 14 What is psychopathology?, 15 Psychotherapy reframed, References, Index
Biography
Nathan Field
'This is a quirky and readable book which opens up a number of fascinating areas in psychotherapy. It is written by someone who is not afraid to enter into some difficult and disputed territory. I really enjoyed it.' - Self and Society Vol 25 No 3
