Challenging Freud's assumption that an individual first develops intrapsychically and is only later confronted with the demands of external reality, Carolyn Saari posits that human beings initially... Read More
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Challenging Freud's assumption that an individual first develops intrapsychically and is only later confronted with the demands of external reality, Carolyn Saari posits that human beings initially construct a picture of their immediate environment and then construct their identities within that environment. The Environment is an argument in three parts. Part 1 discusses psychoanalytic and developmental theory, showing that while such theory has assumed the existence of an environment, it has taken for granted and therefore left unexamined its role in human development. Michel Foucault's theory of social control provides the framework for Part 2, which examines psychotherapy's capacity either to liberate or to repress the client. Part 3 relates the practical benefits and broader implications of an inclusion of environmental considerations in the practice of psychotherapy.
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- Price: $40.00
- Pages: 208
- Carton Quantity: 40
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Imprint: Columbia University Press
- Publication Date: 6th March 2002
- ISBN: 9780231121972
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General
PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General
Reviews
Consistent with the paradigmatic emphases, dialogue and narrative are seen as crucial to this process. This material resonates so loudly and validates my own developing views of what great clinical practice is about.- Kia J. Bentley, Clinical Social Work Journal
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Table of Contents
Part 1 Theory
1. The Environment in Emotional Experience
2. The Development of Meaning
3. Culture and Social Control
Part 2 Domination or Liberation?
4. Inner Life and the Possibility of Freedom
5. Person and Environment Interactions
6. Culture, Sexuality, and Impingement
Part 3 Implications for Practice
7. Concordance: The Therapeutic Culture
8. The Importance of Relationships
9. Symbolization: Connections Between Internal and External Worlds
Challenging Freud's assumption that an individual first develops intrapsychically and is only later confronted with the demands of external reality, Carolyn Saari posits that human beings initially construct a picture of their immediate environment and then construct their identities within that environment. The Environment is an argument in three parts. Part 1 discusses psychoanalytic and developmental theory, showing that while such theory has assumed the existence of an environment, it has taken for granted and therefore left unexamined its role in human development. Michel Foucault's theory of social control provides the framework for Part 2, which examines psychotherapy's capacity either to liberate or to repress the client. Part 3 relates the practical benefits and broader implications of an inclusion of environmental considerations in the practice of psychotherapy.
- Price: $40.00
- Pages: 208
- Carton Quantity: 40
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- Imprint: Columbia University Press
- Publication Date: 6th March 2002
- ISBN: 9780231121972
- Format: Paperback
- BISACs:
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work
PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General
PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General
Consistent with the paradigmatic emphases, dialogue and narrative are seen as crucial to this process. This material resonates so loudly and validates my own developing views of what great clinical practice is about.– Kia J. Bentley, Clinical Social Work Journal
Part 1 Theory
1. The Environment in Emotional Experience
2. The Development of Meaning
3. Culture and Social Control
Part 2 Domination or Liberation?
4. Inner Life and the Possibility of Freedom
5. Person and Environment Interactions
6. Culture, Sexuality, and Impingement
Part 3 Implications for Practice
7. Concordance: The Therapeutic Culture
8. The Importance of Relationships
9. Symbolization: Connections Between Internal and External Worlds