1st Edition

Our Desire of Unrest Thinking About Therapy

By Michael Jacobs Copyright 2009
208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

Knowledge is never static. It is always open to revolutionary thinking or to evolving development. Similarly an individual’s knowledge is always moving, and indeed if the ability to think about ideas is lost, an important part of the individual is also lost. In this book, a collection of some of the papers and lectures written by Michael Jacobs over a period of thirty or more years, the author... Read more
Preface -- Challenging the stereotype: the psychoanalytic therapist's use of self -- Our desire of unrest -- Naming and labelling -- Optimism and pessimism -- The therapist's revenge: the law of talion as a motive for caring -- Parallel process: confirmation and critique -- Seeing and being seen -- The significance of fame -- Have we lost fate? -- A maturing professional approach

Biography

Michael Jacobs