1st Edition
Mindfulness-Informed Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis Inquiring Deeply
Chapter 1: PROLOGUE
Chapter 2: PRELIMINARY REFLECTIONS: DEFINITION AND FUNDAMENTAL PREMISES OF "INQUIRING DEEPLY"
Chapter 3: INQUIRING DEEPLY: MINDFUL SELF-REFLECTION IN PSYCHOTHERAPY
Chapter 4: QUESTIONS FOR CLINICAL INQUIRY AND SELF-REFLECTION
Chapter 5: PRESENT MOMENTS, MOMENTS OF PRESENCE
Chapter 6: REFLECTIONS ON CONNECTION
Chapter 7: REFLECTIONS ON THINKING
Chapter 8: REFLECTIONS ON SUBJECTIVITY AND THE EXPERIENCE OF SELF
Chapter 9: MIND AS OBJECT
Chapter 10: HOW WE CHANGE: INQUIRING DEEPLY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL GROWTH
GLOSSARY
Biography
Marjorie Schuman is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified psychoanalyst specializing in mindful psychodynamic therapy. Currently in private practice in Santa Barbara, California, Schuman is also a member of the faculty of the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies. She co-founded the Center for Mindfulness and Psychotherapy in Santa Monica.
"This book is an immense contribution to the integration of mindfulness and relational psychotherapy. Clearly the fruit of years of dedicated practice and written with great care, it uniquely illustrates the felt experience and clinical decision-making of a deeply relational psychoanalyst. For mindfulness-informed therapists who have been searching for words to describe what they do, this is it."-Christopher Germer, PhD, Faculty, Harvard Medical School, author of The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion and co-editor, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy.
"Inquiring Deeply is a rich, helpful book for all interested in the growing field of mindfulness and psychotherapy. Filled with lively cases and warm, clear understanding, it brings new perspectives to relational mindfulness, wise investigation of thought, and the skillful wedding of insight and human care."-Jack Kornfield Ph.D., author of The Wise Heart.
