The Psychological Journey to and from Loneliness: Development, Causes, and Effects of Social and Emotional Isolation

ISBN-13: 9780128156186 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 308 str.

Ami Rokach

Spis treści

Prologue: Getting loneliness out of the closet1. Belonging--the Essence of a community2. Loneliness, illness, and death: universal experiences we dread3. Loneliness--the concept and experience4. Loneliness, gender, and culture5. Loneliness and technological advances6. Causes of loneliness7. Loneliness and life's ages and stages8. Loneliness of marginalized9. On love and loneliness10. The loneliness of clinicians11. Addressing loneliness12. Loneliness and psychotherapy

O autorze

Ami Rokach, Ph.D. A clinical psychologist, a member of the psychology dept. at York university in Toronto, and a researcher who has researched and published extensively on loneliness, intimate partner violence, sexuality and sexual abuse, bullying and victimization, the homeless, drug abuse, and criminality. Ami worked at the Ontario Correctional Inst. for 28 years with 'garden variety' criminals, sex offenders, and violent, abusive and dangerous criminals, all - or most - of whom experienced ACEs, and continue to inflict it on their children. Additionally, in his private practice, Ami treats people who have undergone ACE and traumatic upheavals in their childhood.