Metaphor and Meaning in Psychotherapy

Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-89862-014-6
Verlag: Guilford Publications

Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

When therapists hear patients talk of feeling imprisoned, burning with rage, trapped, or unequipped, they are witnessing manifestations of the symbolic attitude, the hallmark of all depth psychology. Most clinicians naturally respond to and use metaphors, but they often fail to understand the full potential of metaphoric images. This volume, in addressing the transforming power of metaphor, demonstrates how clinicians can deepen the therapeutic encounter.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Siegelman, Ellen Y

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Primacy of Metaphor
2. The Bodily Matrix of Metaphor
3. Exploring Clinically the Sources of Conventional and Novel Metaphors
4. Metaphors of the Self: Changes in the Course of Therapy
5. Metaphor and Defense
6. The Therapist's Metaphors
7. Pitfalls in the Use of Metaphor
8. Metaphors of the Therapeutic Kind
9. The Symbolic Attitude

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen Y. Siegelman, PhD, is Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology at the University of California, San Francisco, and is an analyst member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. She has authored numerous professional articles on object relations theory and on psychology and literature. She maintains private practices in Berkeley and San Francisco.