In this book James Davies considers emotional suffering as part
and parcel of what it means to live and develop as a human being,
rather than as a mental health problem requiring only psychiatric,
antidepressant or cognitive treatment. This book therefore offers a
new perspective on emotional discontent and discusses how we can
engage with it clinically, personally and socially to uncover its
productive value.
The Importance of Suffering explores a relational theory of
understanding emotional suffering suggesting that suffering, does
not spring from one dimension of our lives, but is often the
outcome of how we relate to the world internally - in terms of our
personal biology, habits and values, and externally - in terms of
our society, culture and the world around us. Davies suggests that
suffering is a healthy call-to-change and shouldn't be chemically
anesthetised or avoided. The book challenges conventional thinking
by arguing that if we understand and manage suffering more
holistically, it can facilitate individual and social
transformation in powerful and surprising ways.
The Importance of Suffering offers new ways to think about, and
therefore understand suffering. It will appeal to anyone who works
with suffering in a professional context including professionals,
trainees and academics in the fields of counselling, psychotherapy,
psychoanalysis, psychiatry and clinical psychology.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2011 |
First published: |
2012 |
Authors: |
James Davies
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
198 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-66780-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Psychology >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-66780-1 |
Barcode: |
9780415667807 |
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