Psychotherapy for a Democratic Mind
Treating Intimacy, Tragedy, Violence, and Evil
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Counselling, Psychotherapy
| Author: | Israel W. Charny | ISBN: | 9781498566988 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books | Publication: | January 19, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Israel W. Charny |
| ISBN: | 9781498566988 |
| Publisher: | Lexington Books |
| Publication: | January 19, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Lexington Books |
| Language: | English |
Psychotherapy for a Democratic Mind proposes that the optimal goal of psychotherapy lies in cultivating a free mind with integrity that will not seek to do major harm to one’s life or to the lives of others. This book looks at a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including classic conditions of neurosis, personality disorders and psychoses, through a different lens. Rather than simply enumerating symptoms, namely, how a person is addressing the opportunity of his/her life and the lives of others and whether a person is doing harm to themselves and/or others. This book proceeds to grapple with several critical life experiences and styles: tragedy, violence and evil, all of which often have posed insurmountable problems in therapy.
Psychotherapy for a Democratic Mind proposes that the optimal goal of psychotherapy lies in cultivating a free mind with integrity that will not seek to do major harm to one’s life or to the lives of others. This book looks at a wide range of psychiatric disorders, including classic conditions of neurosis, personality disorders and psychoses, through a different lens. Rather than simply enumerating symptoms, namely, how a person is addressing the opportunity of his/her life and the lives of others and whether a person is doing harm to themselves and/or others. This book proceeds to grapple with several critical life experiences and styles: tragedy, violence and evil, all of which often have posed insurmountable problems in therapy.
