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The specific guidelines to the clinical management of the bored or boring patient--offered in this provocative book--will be valuable to all psychotherapists. Contributors discuss the fascinating theories and therapies of boredom--why it is both a necessity and an obstacle to a person’s development. Fresh insights into the meaning of boredom for the patient or the therapist (or both) are presented through the discussion of such topics as the type of person most prone to boredom, boredom as a launching point into other experiences, boredom as a defense against strong affects and drive derivatives, the manifestations of boredom in marital therapy clients, and much more.

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Author:   E Mark Stern
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138996939

ISBN 10:   1138996939
Pages:   174
Publication Date:   26 August 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Boredom as a Text in Waiting: A Preface An Awakening and Complexity Boredom: Theory and Therapy The Bored and Boring Patient Functions of Boredom: Treatment Implications Characterological Boredom as Symptom and Tragedy The Bored Patient: A Developmental/Existential Perspective Treating the Bored Client With Rational-Emotive Therapy (RET) Client-Therapist Boredom: What Does It Mean and What Do We Do? The Use of the Therapist’s Self in the Treatment of the Bored Patient The Bored Client: A Logotherapy Approach Transition Boredom On the Feeling of Longing With Schizophrenic Patients Boredom in Marital Therapy: A Clinician’s Reflections Some Lively Thoughts on Boredom Holding On When You Feel Like Letting Go Paralysis of the Soul: When Life Becomes Boredom

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