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Recent terrorist attacks have left the UK (and Europe) genuinely at
sea as to how to respond to these distressing events. There are the
predictable interpretations with politicians on the right talking
about counter-terrorism, harsher punishments and tightening up on
the internet, whilst on the political left there is talk about
blaming foreign wars. All this analysis is relevant, but
insufficient. Politicians are not talking enough about why so many
young people are sufficiently angry and alienated that they are
prepared to be seduced by the toxic and poisonous ideology of
Islamic State. The Psychology of Political Extremism examines both
the politics and the psychology, as well as what motivates people
to behave in ways that are so disturbing. Freud is the hook as the
founding father of the talking cure. A radical and subversive
theorist in his time, he claimed that mankind was influenced more
by the inner workings of the mind and internal conflicts than by
rational thought.
The image, the client and the therapist are three essential
aspects of the art therapy relationship; each has a separate
'voice'. In this book, originally published in 1993, the three
voices come alive as the client, Kim, and the therapist, Gabrielle,
tell the story of his path from suicidal despair to health and
creativity through a series of extraordinary images. The images,
chosen to represent the stages of Kim's therapeutic experience,
speak for themselves and convey their importance as a powerful
catalyst for change. An outer voice, that of Tessa Dalley, provides
a theoretical commentary on the process as it occurs, adding to the
understanding of what is happening in the therapeutic encounter.
This fully rounded account of clinical practice in art therapy
offers a rare insight into common issues and dilemmas which will
make the book of interest to both professional and non-professional
readers alike.
The image, the client and the therapist are three essential
aspects of the art therapy relationship; each has a separate voice
. In this book, originally published in 1993, the three voices come
alive as the client, Kim, and the therapist, Gabrielle, tell the
story of his path from suicidal despair to health and creativity
through a series of extraordinary images. The images, chosen to
represent the stages of Kim s therapeutic experience, speak for
themselves and convey their importance as a powerful catalyst for
change. An outer voice, that of Tessa Dalley, provides a
theoretical commentary on the process as it occurs, adding to the
understanding of what is happening in the therapeutic encounter.
This fully rounded account of clinical practice in art therapy
offers a rare insight into common issues and dilemmas which will
make the book of interest to both professional and non-professional
readers alike."
Institutions do not decide whom to destroy or to kill, whether to
make peace or war; those decisions are the responsibility of
individuals. This book argues that the most important aspect of
conflict resolution is for antagonists to understand their
opponents as individuals, their ambitions, their pains, the
resentments that condition their thinking and the traumas they do
not fully themselves grasp. Gabrielle Rifkind and Giandomenico
Picco here present two very different experiences of international
relations - Rifkind as a psychotherapist now immersed in the
politics of the Middle East, and Picco as a career diplomat with a
long and successful record as a negotiator at the UN.
Developing links between psychology and politics, the authors
explore what lies behind the aggressive facade of negotiations and
how, underneath the mask, there is a human being. Should we talk to
the enemy? What happens if the protagonists are nasty and brutish,
tempting policy-makers to retaliate? How do nations find the
capacity not to hit back, trapping themselves in endless cycles of
violence? Presenting a unique combination of psychological
theories, geopolitical realities and first-hand peace-making
experience, this book sheds new light on some of the worst
conflicts in the modern world and demonstrates, above all, how
empathy can often be far more persuasive than the most fearsome
weapons. By exploring the question of intervention versus
non-intervention, and examining how the changing nature of warfare
and technology has both armed the warmonger, whilst empowering the
individual through social media, this is a highly topical,
comprehensive overview on international diplomacy and the
complexities of peace-making.
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