A Curious Calling: Unconscious Motivations for Practicing Psychotherapy - Couverture rigide

Sussman, Michael B.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0876685165 ISBN 13 : 9780876685167

Editeur : Jason Aronson Publishers, 1977

Synopsis

The road to becoming a professional psychotherapist is typically long and arduous. Once having arrived, the actual practice of psychotherapy is emotionally taxing and the process is frequently characterized by a good deal of anxiety, ambiguity and doubt. What are the underlying motivations that provide the impetus for such an undertaking? This is the complex and intriguing question to which this book is addressed. The care of other people rather than oneself is a superb form of adaptation - but only if the self is also cared for. By recognizing and mastering the more pathological sources of their wish to heal, psychotherapists can ultimately heal their own wounds, and achieve a more truly loving a creative helping capacity.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Michael B. Sussman, Psy.D., is a clinical psychologist in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr. Sussman has worked in private practice and as a clinical instructor at Harvard University. He is the editor of A Perilous Calling: The Hazards of Psychotherapy Practice and the author of a children's picture book, Otto Grows Down.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jason Aronson Publishers
• Date d'édition: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0876685165
• ISBN 13: 9780876685167
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible