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Why Don't Psychotherapists Laugh? - Enjoyment and the Consulting Room (Paperback)
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Why Don't Psychotherapists Laugh? - Enjoyment and the Consulting Room (Paperback)
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The capacity for humour is one of life's blessings. So why is it so
lacking in the theory and even the practice of analysis and
therapy? Why Don't Psychotherapists Laugh? is the first book of its
kind about a neglected and even taboo topic: the place of enjoyment
and good humour in psychotherapy. Why Don't Psychotherapists Laugh?
traces the development of professional psychotherapy and its almost
exclusive focus on life's tragedies. This may naturally suit some
practitioners; others may learn that a proper therapeutic persona
is serious, even solemn. But what are they and their clients
missing? Ann Shearer draws on ideas about humour and its functions
from antiquity to contemporary stand-up comedy and beyond, to
explore how it works in both mind and body. Shearer demonstrates
how even the blackest humour may yield psychological information,
and how humour can help build therapeutic relationships and be a
catalyst for healing. Through real-life stories from consulting
rooms, told by both therapists and clients, the author shows how a
sense of enjoyment and good humour can restore life to people in
distress- and how destructive a lack of these may become. This book
offers food for thought about the theory and practice of
psychotherapy. It encourages analysts and therapists from different
schools to look again at some of the assumptions on which they base
their practice and teaching, and provides a resource for further
reflection on the therapeutic task. Taking a psychological look at
where humour comes from, what it's about and why we need it, this
book will also intrigue anyone who wants to know more about the
kinds of people psychotherapists are, what they do and why. Written
in a highly accessible style, Why Don't Psychotherapists Laugh?
will appeal to psychotherapists with a range of trainings and
allegiances, their teachers in vocational and academic institutions
and their clients, as well as to readers with an interest in
psychotherapy, humour and psychology.
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