| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 461 pages) |
| Contents |
I. The Challenge -- Ch. 1. A Vision of a Meaningful Life -- Ch. 2. Factors That Impede Personal Development -- II. Overcoming Barriers to Psychological Development -- Ch. 3. Disrupting Fantasy Processes -- Ch. 4. Challenging Addictive, Self-Nurturing Lifestyles -- Ch. 5. A Feeling Versus Nonfeeling Existence 107 -- Ch. 6. Coping With Anger, Passivity, and a Victimized Point of View -- Ch. 7. Generosity Versus Withholding -- Ch. 8. Challenging Self-Destructive, Microsuicidal, and Suicidal Tendencies -- Ch. 9. Defenses Against Death Anxiety -- III. Restoring Intimacy in Relationships -- Ch. 10. Couple Relationships -- Ch. 11. Sexuality -- Ch. 12. Family Relationships -- Ch. 13. Child-Rearing -- IV. Philosophical Considerations -- Ch. 14. Protecting the Rights of the Individual in Couples and Families -- Ch. 15. Societal Forces: Malevolent and Benevolent -- Ch. 16. Psychotherapy: Past, Present, and Future? -- Ch. 17. The Therapeutic Value of Friendship -- Ch. 18. Spirituality, Mystery, and the Search for Meaning |
| Summary |
"Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion offers a compilation of therapeutic insights that are valuable in achieving a better way of living. It describes a unique experiment in applied psychology whereby a group of individuals overcame a wide range of defensive behaviors and transformed their lives. The book documents the knowledge they acquired along the way and offers corrective suggestions that are based on their experiences. Most important, the authors indicate how the insights achieved can be applied by therapists in clinical practice. This book is a comprehensive guide for helping professionals and other people who are interested in personal development, deepening friendships, sustaining intimacy in couple relationships, achieving success in the workplace, and developing healthy child-rearing practices. It points out the value of leading a life marked by adventure and recreation, transcendent goals, and spiritual exploration and offers fresh views on the past, present, and future of psychotherapy."--BOOK JACKET.to provide 00000000000000 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-440) and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Psychotherapy.
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Psychotherapy
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Psychotherapy
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Psychotherapie.
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Zingeving.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Firestone, Lisa A
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Cartlett, Joyce
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