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In The Skillful Soul of the Psychotherapist, master clinicians
reflect on their core spiritual values, beliefs, experiences, and
the role these play in psychotherapy. Reflections by Nancy
McWilliams,David Wallin, and Salman Akhtar are responded to by
scholars representing a substantial range of psychological,
spiritual, religious, and theological perspectives. The ensuing
scholarly, clinical dialogue advances the idea that a
psychotherapist's formative spiritual experiences and core values
both deeply influence and are simultaneously influenced by the
therapeutic relationships and healing work that constitute his or
her clinical practice. Through this addressing of the interplay
between these master clinicians' inner wisdom and the therapeutic
process, readers will see demonstrated firsthand the vital
importance of the psychotherapist's spiritual life for creative and
effective clinical work. This volume will also provide the
opportunity for both experienced and training psychotherapists to
enrich their own clinical practice via a more robust engagement in
the points of contact and resonance that exist between their work
with clients and their own unique spiritual lives and experiences.
In Drawing Life, Thomas J. Cottle examines the ways people
interpret their life experiences and construct meanings for the
events they have encountered. In this manner, they discover their
various identities and the essence of what we call the self. In
reading the sixteen life studies contained in this volume, we
encounter both inner reflections as well the power of culture to
shape the meanings people give to their circumstances and the
events that befall them. The stories also reflect the role of human
relationships and social institutions in defining our personal
identities and sense of justice. What makes us unique, therefore,
is the personal story we tell as it reveals our constructions of
the world and of ourselves. The stories recounted in Drawing Life
illuminate not only our past, but also our perceptions of the
present and our imaginings of the future. In this way, they become
anthologies of our life experiences.
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien. In
Mind Fields, Thomas J. Cottle argues that the period known as
adolescence is essentially a social construct influenced greatly by
popular culture. To understand young people, therefore, is to
recognize how the very consciousness of adolescents is shaped by a
culture, dominated by the entertainment industry, and the power of
television and the computer, constantly urging them to turn away
from the normal evolution of their personal and social lives. In
this fundamentally distracting environment, young people explore
their consciousness, sharing it with others, as well as form their
sense of identity, all the while having these most inner
experiences affected as much by the culture as by their own
temperaments and personalities. It is the culture that determines
the forms of recognition and independence, as well as intimacy and
attachment that adolescents must learn. In the end, the author
argues for the value of self-reflection as a critical ingredient of
identity formation and a fundamental antidote to distracting
cultural influences.
Against the backdrop of a robust economy, hundreds of thousands
of people in this country remain out of work for long periods of
time, causing economic and psychological hardships for entire
families. "Hardest TimeS" examines in depth what happens to men,
and to their families, when they remain out of work for longer than
six months, a period the government designates as long term
unemployment. Cottle examines long term unemployment as a traumatic
event, which creates in those who experience it conditions
resembling symptoms of loss and post-trauma. Through the words of
men who have experienced long term unemployment, he demonstrates
that work is crucial to the formation of a man's identity, and that
without work, many men often find no purpose for living. The
in-depth studies that Cottle undertook reveal here why some men
abandon their families or, in some instances, are driven to commit
murder or suicide in the face of lingering unemployment. These
often heart wrenching stories encourage readers to consider the
implications of long term unemployment for the men who experience
it, the families who endure it, and the society that tolerates
it.
Cottle's approach demonstrates that unemployment cannot be
examined strictly in statistical terms, but that ultimately it must
be explored in human terms, for it affects both the unemployed
worker and his family. Instead of treating long term unemployment
as simply another social problem, Cottle argues that it must be
treated as a serious, often life-threatening, disorder, whose cure
is clearly discernible. By reading the words of these men, the
reader will understand how, even in this time of shifting gender
roles, men in large measure still define themselves by the work
they do, rather than the relationships that they cultivate. This
unique approach to the problem of long term unemployment gives a
human face to the problem and encourages readers to rethink the
nature of working and not working and its special importance to
men.
A clinical psychologist as well as a sociologist, Thomas J. Cottle
is the author of more than twenty-five books. At the heart of his
work is a concern with the problems confronted by ordinary people
in their everyday lives, the kinds of issues that shape who we are
and how we interact with the world around us. In ""A Sense of
Self"", his focus is on affirmation, on that mysterious process by
which the self comes to know itself in relation to others and
forges an identity. He pays particular attention to the role of
devotion, showing how the taking of responsibility for another is
the essence of affirmation, which in turn is the fundamental
ingredient in the development of a self.
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