1st Edition

Toxic Young Adulthood Therapy and Therapeutic Ethos

Edited By Del Loewenthal Copyright 2023
148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

148 Pages
by Routledge

This book is for those interested in providing psychotherapy and counselling for young adults, and those who wish to bring a therapeutic sensibility to working with this client group. Two main questions are addressed: What are the implications of providing a therapeutic ethos for young adults; and what, if any, additional training might be required for psychotherapists and counsellors working... Read more

Introduction – toxic young adulthood: therapy and therapeutic ethos

Del Loewenthal

1. The time it takes; How do we understand personal growth in an age of instant solutions?

Rowan Williams

2. Training for counselling young people – What is added by a child and adolescent specialism?

Susan Kegerreis

3. The narratives of parental alienation

Sally Parsloe

4. What differend do you make? An imaginary phenomenology of working with a young adult

Tony McSherry

5. Finishing school, fishing and flourishing: Appetite, engagement and compliance in Daoism, Existentialism and Psychoanalysis

Onel Brooks

6. The golden cage

Bice Benvenuto

7. How might a therapeutic ethos serve young adults? – A commentary

Richard House

8. Young adulthood, well-being and a therapeutic ethos: a case for therapeutic education

Del Loewenthal

Biography

Del Loewenthal is an emeritus professor of Psychotherapy and Counselling at the University of Roehampton, UK, and is the chair of the Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling (SAFPAC), London, UK. He is an existential-analytic psychotherapist, and a chartered psychologist, with a particular interest in phenomenology. His books include Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling after Postmodernism (Routledge 2017). www.delloewenthal.com; www.safpac.co.uk