The Emergent Self - An Existential-Gestalt Approach (Paperback, New)

This book tracks a particular understanding of self, philosophically, from research evidence and its implications for psychotherapy. At each step, the author includes the theory, the clinical implications of the theory, links to the philosophical outlook inherent in the theory, and finally a more extended case example.Philipsson takes the view that the continuing self is partly an illusion, partly a construct, and that we in fact have to work to stay the same in the face of all the different possibilities the world offers us. He believes that we do this for two reasons. First, continuity allows deeper contact: friendships, loving relationships with partners and families. Second, the predictable is less anxiety-producing, and that we avoid this existential anxiety by acting in a stereotyped way and avoiding some of the depths of contact. He argues that this dual nature of continuing self, in one context deepening contact and in another context avoiding contact, has an important place in the understanding of psychotherapy.

General

Imprint:	Karnac Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	Peter Philippson
Dimensions:	230 x 147 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	150
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-85575-525-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy
LSN:	1-85575-525-4
Barcode:	9781855755253

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