This book examines unconscious processes in groups. So frequently groups have a stated purpose that is undermined or compromised by covert processes operating outside the awareness of group members. This book shows how to identify these unconscious
This book examines unconscious processes in groups. So frequently groups have a stated purpose that is undermined or compromised by covert processes o...
This book draws together the many complex threads that weave together to make a family. Step by step the reader is taken through systems theory, developmental theory, cultural and intergenerational influences. The book is packed with activities and case studies to give the reader a "hands on" experience of each of these approaches.
This book draws together the many complex threads that weave together to make a family. Step by step the reader is taken through systems theory, devel...
The concept of alterity is fundamental to all psychological theories. Most of these theories operate as if this concept is well understood and quite stable. This book challenegs that notion by examining ideas about alterity in several different fields. It also offers an organizing template for the concept utilizing ideas from Lacan, Levinas and Dabrowski.
The concept of alterity is fundamental to all psychological theories. Most of these theories operate as if this concept is well understood and quite s...
Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing percentage of these individuals develop severe disorders which incapacitate them and may leave them unemployed, lonely, isolated and untreated. In recent years, there has been a movement away from therapy, and a heightened emphasis on medicalization. This book argues that medication alone does not take away the deep emotional pain of feeling isolated and lonely, and considers the modification of the client's social relationships as a critical ingredient in any treatment. Group...
Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing percentage of these individuals de...
Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing percentage of these individuals develop severe disorders which incapacitate them and may leave them unemployed, lonely, isolated and untreated. In recent years, there has been a movement away from therapy, and a heightened emphasis on medicalization. This book argues that medication alone does not take away the deep emotional pain of feeling isolated and lonely, and considers the modification of the client s social relationships as a critical ingredient in any treatment....
Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing percentage of these individuals...
In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame, authors Clive Hazell and Mark Kiel attempt to expand the heuristic, theoretical, and applied dimensions of Group Relations paradigms by pairing classical Group Relations concepts with typically non-Tavistock psychology paradigms and social sciences concepts. Under the broad domain of psychologically-informed constructs, Lacanian psychoanalysis, existential philosophy, and bioenergetics are applied.
Under a somewhat broader range of social science conceptualization, the capacity for abstraction is...
In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame, authors Clive Hazell and Mark Kiel attempt to expand the heuristic,...
