Beyond the Frustrated Self - Couverture souple

Dowds, Barbara

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1782200525 ISBN 13 : 9781782200529

Editeur : Routledge, 2014

Synopsis

This book foregrounds the life struggles of an individual, Brenda, in such a way that argument and theoretical exploration arise organically out of experience. The "frustration" of the title is traced to avoidant attachment - pretending not to need others. In Brenda this is associated with a body-energy pattern that is both over-charged and over-contained, generating a self-frustrating process. Such a repressive defence works against her, so that she experiences her life as dry, soulless, and uncreative. A variety of existential difficulties are traced to how such core developmental issues interact with our socio-cultural environment. A way forward is outlined: play and finding meaning are identified as transformational hubs that bring wellbeing into Brenda's life and restore her capacity for experiencing.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barbara Dowds is a humanistic and integrative psychotherapist in the Dublin area. She teaches on the BSc in counselling and psychotherapy and is director of the MA in integrative psychotherapy in PCI College. For seven years she was editor of Eisteach, the journal of the IACP, and she has written extensively for it and for Inside Out, the journal of the IAHIP. Barbara was a senior lecturer in molecular genetics at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth until 2002, when she changed careers and began practicing as a psychotherapist.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782200525
• ISBN 13: 9781782200529
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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