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OverviewThis book explores the way in which loving kindness, contained within professional boundaries of practice, is essential to the building of trust necessary to the psychotherapy relationship. Arguing that loving kindness has both biological and ethical relevance in assisting recovery from the trauma of emotional injury, Heather Reeves brings forth a renewed philosophical and cultural discourse about its importance in professional work with vulnerable people. The philosophical premise of the book is the concept of alterity, or awareness of the subjective reality of others, developed by Emmanuel Levinas and expressed in psychotherapy theories since the mid-twentieth century. Understandings drawn from attachment theory, affective neuroscience and psychodynamic psychotherapy are applied to case studies (one of them written by a client) from the author’s practice and themes from literature and biography, including the long-term impact of the Covid pandemic. Loving Kindness in Psychotherapy will appeal to psychotherapists, counsellors and other mental health professionals as well as a range of other readers, including medical and palliative care professionals, educators, clergy, theologians and philosophers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Heather ReevesPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9781032200743ISBN 10: 103220074 Pages: 194 Publication Date: 12 May 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1. The Nature of Loving Kindness 2. Expressions of Loving Kindness in Psychotherapy 3. False Friends of Loving Kindness: The Symbiotic Merger and Sentimentality 4. Loving Kindness and Moral Injury 5. The Shadow Side of Loving Kindness 6. Loving Kindness and Difficulties of Engagement in Psychotherapy 7. Loving Kindness and the Question of Suffering in Pandemic Times 8. A Philosophical Basis for Loving Kindness in PsychotherapyReviews'This thoughtful book manages the difficult task of talking about loving kindness in psychotherapy with clarity and compassion but without sentimentality. The breadth of disciplines it draws on means that readers will find themselves challenged to see things from a different perspective and will be both absorbed and moved.' Penelope Campling, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, author of Intelligent Kindness and Don't Turn Away 'Loving Kindness in Psychotherapy is a welcome addition to contemporary thinking about psychotherapy. Expanding on a century-old debate - originating in the contrasting views of Freud and Ferenczi - about the healing role of love in the psychotherapeutic relationship, it gets to the heart of the therapeutic enterprise.' Rabbi Howard Cooper, psychoanalytic psychotherapist 'Following contemporary neuroscience, Heather Reeves suggests that loving kindness has the potential to protect and heal us and is essential in psychotherapy. Theory, research, philosophical ideas and examples from literature and clinical practice are skilfully woven together, offering a refreshing and engaging new perspective.' Gill Westland, body psychotherapist, author of Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication in Psychotherapy Author InformationHeather Reeves works in private psychotherapy practice in Norwich, UK. Her interest in loving kindness arose from her work with people from diverse backgrounds, facing difficulties in physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual domains. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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