Creativity -- Three examples of counselling and psychotherapy -- Hermeneutics: the art of creative understanding and life management -- Aesthetic experience and shaping of reality -- Creative principles of psychotherapy -- Creative principles of counselling and coaching -- The creative aspect of brief dynamic psychotherapy -- The creative aspect of psychoanalysis -- Indications and counter-indications for the creative attitude -- Professional and "ordinary" relationships -- Ethical implications -- Artistic shaping and resolution of psychic conflicts
Summary
This English-language edition represents an impressive extension of the ideas contained in The Art of Psychotherapy. The book has been thoroughly revised and reflects the latest developments in the ongoing discussion of the matters it addresses. In addition, this volume contains new chapters on creativity, counselling and coaching
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-171)