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What is "the artist type"? How is an artist's mind structured? What
are the links between creativity and mental health? Are there
particular personality traits and psychological experiences that
great artists have in common? Are most artists really mad? What
defines the artist's personality? This book answers these questions
by way of a deep, multi-angled, psychological analysis of the
personality-based roots of creativity and the creative process. It
draws on decades of scientific research focused on the central,
mysterious trait of Openness, the true unifying glue behind
everything creative. Featuring dozens of notable creators such as
John Coltrane, Diane Arbus, Francesca Woodman, David Bowie, Frida
Kahlo, Jack Kerouac, John Lennon, and others, this book showcases
the nuances of an artist's mind beyond oversimplified formulas that
falsely connect art to mental illness, painting a more authentic
picture of the structure of the artist's psychology. Ultimately,
this book reveals that the "torture" in an artist's perceived image
has more to do with personality, creative processes, states of
mind, and a need to express trauma symbolically, repeating it in
the form of art. As an eminent psychobiographer with an
award-winning career as a personality and creativity psychologist,
Dr. William Todd Schultz yet again offers his unique perspective on
a fascinating topic that is both engaging and insightful. In
exploring the precise nature of inner chaos in a wide range of
renowned artists, this book takes an enchanting dive into the
artistic abyss for all those interested in creativity, personality,
and psychology, including both general and academic readers.
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Christianity in Oceania (Hardcover)
Kenneth R. Ross, Katalina Tahaafe-Williams, Todd M. Johnson
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Series Editors: Kenneth R. Ross and Todd M. JohnsonThis series of
reference volumes comprehensively maps worldwide Christianity,
describing it in its entirety. It covers every continent and offers
country-specific studies as well as examining regional and
continental trends. Through a combination of maps, tables, charts
and graphs a full demographic analysis is provided, while original
essays explore key topics and trends.'This significant volume is a
definitive contribution to Oceanic Christian self-understanding. It
is impressive in both its scope and its fine-grained attention to
the nuances and diversities of Pacific belief and practice.
Sensitively framed critical insider analysis provides a local
voice, rendering it an accessible and valuable regional and global
resource.'Associate Professor Hugh Morrison, University of Otago,
New ZealandCombines empirical data and original analysis in a
uniquely detailed account of Christianity in OceaniaThis
comprehensive reference volume covers every country in Oceania,
offering reliable demographic information and original
interpretative essays by Indigenous scholars and practitioners. It
maps patterns of growth and decline, assesses major traditions and
movements, analyses key themes and examines current trends.
This exceptionally readable and down-to-earth handbook is destined
to become the definitive guide to psychobiological research, the
application of psychological theory and research to individual
lives of historical importance. It brings together for the first
time the world's leading psychobiographers, writing lucidly on many
of the major figures of our age - from Osama Bin Laden to Elvis
Presley. The first section of the book addresses the subject of how
to construct an effective psychobiography. Editor William Todd
Schultz introduces the field, provides valuable definitions of good
and bad psychobiography, discusses an optimal structure for
psychobiographical essays, and offers a blueprint for striking
psychological paydirt in biographical data. Dan McAdams explores
the question of what psychobiographers might learn from current
research in personality psychology. Alan Elms delivers wise advice
on the tricky subject of theory choice in psychobiography. William
Runyan asks why Van Gogh cut off his ear, and in the process
explains how one evaluates competing interpretations of the same
event in a subject's life. And Kate Isaacson describes a template
for use in multiple-case psychobiography. Never before has method
in psychobiography been so clearly and explicitly addressed. Those
just getting started in the field will find in Section One a
detailed roadmap for success. The remaining sections of the book
are composed of richly engaging case studies of famous artists,
psychologists and politicians. They address compelling questions
such as: What are the subjective origins of photographer Diane
Arbus's obsession with freaks? In what ways did the early loss of
Sylvia Plath's father affect her poetry and presage her suicide?
Why did Elvis experience such difficulty singing the song "Are You
Lonesome Tonight"? What accounts for Bin Laden' radicalism, Kim
Jong II's paranoia, George W Bush's conflict with identity? Why did
Freud go disasterously astray in his analysis of Leonardo? What
made psychologist Gordon Allport's meeting with Freud so pungently
significant? How did the loss of his father determine major
elements of Nietzsche's philosophy? These questions and many more
get answered, often in surprising and incisive fashion. Additional
chapters take up the lives of Harvard operationist S.S. Stevens,
Erik Erikson, Edith Wharton, Saddam Hussein, Truman Capote, Kathryn
Harrison, Jack Kerouac, and others. Within each case study, tips
are proffered along the way as to how psychobiography can be done
more cogently, more intelligently, and more valuably. With its
combination of telling about and showing how to practice
psychobiography wisely, its inclusion of most of the field's
leading practitioners, and its diversity of subjects, the Handbook
of Psychobiography represents the best the field has to offer. It
will define the discipline, set a course for effective future
developments, and quickly emerge as a must-read for any beginning
or serious psychobiographer, narrative psychologist, personologist
or personality researcher.
Truman Capote was one of the most gifted and flamboyant writers of
his generation, renowned for such books as Other Voices, Other
Rooms, Breakfast at Tiffany's, and his masterpiece, the nonfiction
novel In Cold Blood. What has received comparatively little
attention, however, is Capote's last, unfinished book, Answered
Prayers, a merciless skewering of cafe society and the high-class
women Capote called his "swans." When excerpts appeared he was
immediately blacklisted, ruined socially, labeled a pariah. Capote
recoiled--disgraced, depressed, and all but friendless.
In Tiny Terror, a new volume in Oxford's Inner Lives series,
William Todd Schultz sheds light on the life and works of Capote
and answers the perplexing mystery--why did Capote write a book
that would destroy him? Drawing on an arsenal of psychological
techniques, Schultz illuminates Capote's early years in the
South--a time that Capote himself described as a "snake's nest of
No's"--no parents to speak of, no friends but books, no hope, no
future. Out of this dark childhood emerged Capote's prominent dual
life-scripts: neurotic Capote, anxious, vulnerable, hypersensitive,
expecting to be hurt; and Capote the disagreeable destroyer,
emotionally bulletproof, nasty, and bent on revenge. Schultz shows
how Capote would strike out when he felt hurt or taken for granted,
engaging in caustic feuds with Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, and
many other writers. And Schultz reveals how this tendency fed into
Answered Prayers, an exceedingly corrosive and thinly disguised
roman a clef that trashed his high-society friends.
What emerges by the end of this book is a cogent, immensely
insightful portrait of an artist on the edge, brilliantly but
self-destructively biting the jet-set hands that fed him. Anyone
interested in the inner life of one of America's most fascinating
literary personalities will find this book a revelation.
Many students and beginning clinicians have relied on this
engaging, authoritative text--now revised and expanded--to hit the
ground running in real-world clinical practice. Focusing on what
works, the authors show how to flexibly draw on multiple theories
and techniques to conduct comprehensive assessments, develop
collaborative treatment plans, and intervene effectively for
frequently encountered clinical concerns. Mental health skills
needed by all therapists are interwoven with state-of-the-art
family therapy knowledge. Illustrated with instructive case
examples and vignettes, the book helps the reader navigate typical
dilemmas and troubleshoot when treatment gets "stuck." New to This
Edition *Discussions of addictive behaviors (pornography, gambling,
video games, social media); children's brain development;
premarital counseling; divorce therapy; preventing premature
terminations; and uses of technology in clinical practice. *Chapter
on working with older adults and their caregivers. *Revised
throughout with current research and evidence-based practice
recommendations. *Extensively rewritten chapter on treatment
planning. *Chapter-opening vignettes, plus new and revised case
examples throughout. *New assessment resources, including an
Appendix on screening instruments. See also the authors' Essential
Assessment Skills for Couple and Family Therapists, which shows how
to weave assessment into all phases of therapy, and Clinician's
Guide to Research Methods in Family Therapy.
Dana Williams studied the Rose Way meditation with Joe Koperski, a
widely recognized psychic and meditation teacher working in Los
Angeles in the 1960s and 70s. In time, through this practice,
Williams developed psychic skills such as the ability to see auras,
to sense energy forms, to engage in remote viewing, and to channel
strong healing energies. This book offers a very clear, concise
summary of exactly how to perform this profound and somewhat
advanced form of meditation, including a technique to pass through
the eighth chakra portal to the White Level, where we can link with
our spirit self, meet with our personal guides, receive renewing
energies and come into higher attunement. When we personally and
intimately experience unexpected dimensions of consciousness, by
literally passing through our inner doors of perception to reach
the spheres of light and oneness, we naturally experience a
fundamental shift in our perception of self, of purpose, and of
life itself. This experience is available to those who commit a
modicum of time to learn and practice this transformative
meditation.
Showing how to weave assessment into all phases of therapy, this
indispensable text and practitioner guide is reader friendly,
straightforward, and practical. Specific strategies are provided
for evaluating a wide range of clinical issues and concerns in
adults, children and adolescents, families, and couples. The
authors demonstrate ways to use interviewing and other techniques
to understand both individual and relationship functioning, develop
sound treatment plans, and monitor progress. Handy mnemonics help
beginning family therapists remember what to include in
assessments, and numerous case examples illustrate what the
assessment principles look like in action with diverse clients.
Showing how to weave assessment into all phases of therapy, this
indispensable text and practitioner guide is reader friendly,
straightforward, and practical. Specific strategies are provided
for evaluating a wide range of clinical issues and concerns with
adults, children and adolescents, families, and couples. The
authors demonstrate ways to use interviewing and other techniques
to understand both individual and relationship functioning, develop
sound treatment plans, and monitor progress. Handy mnemonics help
beginning family therapists remember what to include in
assessments, and numerous case examples illustrate what the
assessment principles look like in action with diverse clients. See
also the authors' Essential Skills in Family Therapy, Third
Edition: From the First Interview to Termination, which addresses
all aspects of real-world clinical practice, and Clinician's Guide
to Research Methods in Family Therapy.
Listening to music provides the foundation upon which we build our
musical skills and identities. However, music educators,
therapists, and researchers often do not know how to guide
listening experiences to maximize the growth of listening skills in
a manner enjoyable to students and clients. This book investigates
a novel approach to structuring music listening in order to nurture
music listening sensitivity and enjoyment: mindful listening.
First, the author presents a review of scholarly literature related
to music listening and to mindfulness, and then weaves these two
streams of research together to empirically investigate the effect
of mindful music listening on music sensitivity and enjoyment. The
results of the research strongly support the use of mindful
listening experiences for listeners at all levels. Music teachers,
therapists, and researchers in the fields of music cognition,
education, and psychology will benefit greatly from reading this
book, as will others who are interested in the fields of
mindfulness and music.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
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In the forest, something has awoken: something that whispers to the
mind of a twelve year old boy who just happened to be taking a
shortcut home; something that demands ever increasing amounts of
blood and wood to sate its appetite for carnage. Being drawn deeper
and deeper into the vortex of violence that engulfs him, his
impressionable mind becomes a willing slave to the creature that
slithers within the branches and twigs. Angry and alienated, he
begins to walk a path that will ultimately reveal the secret of
what lurks within the Shadow of the Woodpile . . . .
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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