304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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Philosophy's traditional concerns with the nature of knowledge, good conduct and the self cannot be ignored by psychotherapists, while the growth of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have had a profound impact on philosophy. The essays in the books cover topics central to both psychotherapy and philosophy such as the nature of the self, motivation and subjectivity; the limits of certainty and... Read more
1 Introduction: philosophy and psychotherapy 2 Therapeutic questioning and Socratic dialogue3 The will in the light of object relations theory 4 Scepticism and psychotherapy: a Wittgensteinian approach 5 Picture this: Wittgenstein and personal construct theory 6 βIβ or βmeβ?: the logic of human relations7 The dialogical heart of intersubjectivity 8 Can meanings be causes? 9 Narrative, attachment and the therapeutic process 10 Narrative and interpretation 11 Self-reflection and the mirror 12 Seventeen syllables for the self 13 Existentialism and existential psychotherapy 14 Leaping beyond theory 15 Thinking as a healing process 16 Philosophy as psychotherapy
Biography
Chris Mace is Senior Lecturer in Psychotherapy at Warwick University and Consultant Pyschotherapist to South Warwickshire Combined Care NHS Trust. His handbook The Art and Science of Assessment for Psychotherapy is also published by Routledge.
