The Silent Past and the Invisible Present - Memory, Trauma, and Representation in Psychotherapy (Paperback)

Drawing on research in the fields of cognitive and developmental psychology, attachment, trauma, and neuroscience, as well as 20 years in forensic and private practice, Paul Renn deftly illustrates the ways in which this research may be used to inform an integrated empirical/hermeneutic model of clinical practice. He suggests that silent, invisible processes derived from the past maintain non-optimal ways of experiencing and relating in the present, and that a neuroscience understanding of the dynamic nature of memories, and of the way in which the implicit and explicit memory systems operate and interact, is salient to a concomitant understanding of trauma, personality development, and therapeutic action. Specifically, Renn argues that an intersubjective psychodynamic model can use the power of an emotionally meaningful therapeutic relationship to gradually facilitate both relational and neurological changes in patients with trauma histories. Taken as a whole, these themes reflect a paradigmatic shift in psychoanalytic thinking about clinical work and the process of change.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Relational Perspectives Book Series
Release date:	2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Carol Grever • Deborah Bowman
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	213
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-89859-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy
LSN:	0-415-89859-5
Barcode:	9780415898591

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