Title Care of the psyche : a history of psychological healing / Stanley W. Jackson

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 504 pages) Contents pt. I. Introductory considerations. Introduction. Psychological healing in ancient Greece and Rome -- pt. 2. The bedrock. The healer-sufferer relationship. The listening healer. The talking cures -- pt. 3. Expressiveness and getting things out. Catharsis and abreaction. Confession and confiding -- pt. 4. Bringing comfort. Consolation and comfort -- pt. 5. Healing and the principle of contraries. The use of the passions. The use of the imagination -- pt. 6. Bringing influence to bear. Animal magnetism, mesmerism, and hypnosis. Suggestion. Persuasion. Conditioning and reward or punishment -- pt. 7. Cognitive themes. Explanation and interpretation. Self-understanding and insight. Self-observation and introspection -- pt. 8. Concluding considerations. Overview and afterthoughts Summary "In this book, a distinguished historian of medicine surveys the basic elements that have constituted psychological healing over the centuries. Dr. Stanley W. Jackson shows that healing practices, whether they come from the worlds of medicine, religion, or philosophy, share certain elements that transcend space and time." "Drawing on medical writings from classical Greek and Roman times to the present, as well as on philosophical and religious writings, Jackson shows that the basic ingredients of psychological healing - which have survived changes of name, the fall of their theoretical contexts, and the waning of social support in different historical eras - remain essential factors in our modern psychotherapies and in healing contexts in general."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-494) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Counseling -- History Psychotherapy -- History Mental health services. Psychology, Applied. National health services. Medical care. Psychotherapy. Counseling -- history Behavioral Disciplines and Activities Community Health Services Mental Health Services Psychology, Applied Health Services Psychiatry and Psychology Psychological Phenomena and Processes Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Delivery of Health Care Counseling Psychotherapy State Medicine Psychotherapy -- history Patient Care PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy -- General. Psychology, Applied National health services Mental health services Medical care Counseling Psychotherapy Psychotherapie. Counseling. Genre/Form History Geschiedenis (vorm) Form Electronic book ISBN 0585363242 9780585363240 9780300147339 0300147333 9780300076714 0300076711

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