The Mirror and the Hammer: Challenging Orthodoxies in Psychotherapeutic Thought Spinelli Ernesto
It is surely worth reading, not only by the author′s fellow psychiatrists, but also by psychologists in general′ - Contemporary PsychologyI found this book a joy to read. Each chapter sets out the…
Specifikacia The Mirror and the Hammer: Challenging Orthodoxies in Psychotherapeutic Thought Spinelli Ernesto
It is surely worth reading, not only by the author′s fellow psychiatrists, but also by psychologists in general′ - Contemporary PsychologyI found this book a joy to read. Each chapter sets out the orthodoxy in question, then proceeds to explain lucidly the author′s difficulties with this orthodoxy and to suggest an alternative way of looking at the issues′ - Self and SocietyPsychotherapy′s influence seems all pervasive today. But to what end? Is helping people really therapy′s main mission? This provocative book explores the alternatives to psychotherapeutic orthodoxies on such vital issues as sexuality; the self; the unconscious; creativity; and the dilemma of evil. Erensto Spinelli challenges psychotherapy, asking if it has retreated from its early promise of being a pivotal agent in our