Kirk Schneider (ed.)

Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy

Guideposts to the Core of Practice
Herausgeber: Schneider, Kirk J

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Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780415954716
• ISBN-10: 0415954711
• Artikelnr.: 23594941

Autorenporträt

Kirk J. Schneider, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist and leading spokesperson for contemporary humanistic psychology. He is an adjunct faculty member at Saybrook Graduate School, the California Institute of Integral Studies, and the Institute for Transpersonal Psychology. He is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the editor of Journal of Humanistic Psychology. He is a past president, current vice-president, and founding member of the Existential-Humanistic Institute of San Francisco.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction: Existential-Integrative Psychotherapy: A New Era.
Part I: From Segregation to Integration. Bassett-Short and Hammel,
Existential Psychotherapy from Within the Training Process. Part II:
Guideposts to an Existential-Integrative (EI) Approach. How the Chapter is
Organized. Theory of the Existential-Integrative (EI) Approach. Therapy as
Liberation Strategies/Consciousness as Liberation Levels. Constriction
(Smallness) and Expansion (Greatness) as Omnipresent Horizons.
Developmental View. Therapeutic Implications of the Theory. How to Discern
Appropriate Liberation Strategies. The Offering of Nonexperiential
Liberation. The Offering of Semi-Experiential Liberation. The Offering of
Experiential Liberation. Presence: A Primary Nutrient. Smallness-Greatness
"Clustering:" Keys to the Experiential Work. Invoking the Actual:
Creatively Inspiring Presence. Vivifying and Confronting Resistance
(Protections). Rediscovering Meaning and Awe. Summary of the EI Model.
Appendices. Summary of the Four Stances of the Experiential Liberation
Strategy. Ways the Stances Utilize Constrictive-Expansive Dynamics. Summary
of EI Decision Points. Skill-Building Exercises: Suggestions for
Instructors. I. Personal Exercises. II. Clinical Exercises. Notes.
References. Part III: Case Studies of the EI Model. Section 1: EI
Approaches to Multiculturalism. Comas-Diaz, Latino Psychospirituality.
Rice, An African-American Perspective: The Case of Darrin. Alsup,
Existentialism of Personalism: Case of a Native American Adolescent.
Section 2: EI Perspectives on Gender, Power, and Sexuality. Brown,
Feminist Therapy As A Meaning-Making Practice: Where There Is No Power,
Where Is The Meaning? Monheit, A Lesbian and Gay Perspective: The Case of
Marcia. Serlin, Women and the Midlife Crises: The Anne Sexton Complex.
Section 3: Innovations in Short-Term EI Practices. Bugental, Preliminary
Sketches for a Short-Term Existential-Humanistic Therapy. Galvin, Brief
Encounters with Chinese Clients: The Case of Peter. Section 4: EI Mediation
of Addiction: Alcoholism. Ballinger, Matano, and Amantea, A Perspective on
Alcoholism: The Case of Mr P. Section 5: Spiritual and Religious
Issues From an EI Perspective. Hoffman, An Existential-Integrative Approach
to Spiritual and Religious Clients. Section 6: Cognitive-Behavioral
Innovations of EI Practice. Wolfe, Existential Issues in Anxiety Disorders
and Their Treatment. Buntin and Hayes, Language and Meaning: Acceptance and
Commitment Therapy and the EI Model. Section 7: EI Approaches to Severe
States. Dorman, Dante's Cure: Schizophrenia and the Two-Person Journey.
Mendelowitz, Meditations on Dissociation: Kristina and the Enigmatic Self.
Section 8: EI Emphases on the Intersubjective. Portnoy, Relatedness: Where
Existential and Psychoanalytic Approaches Converge. Stolorow,
Autobiographical and Theoretical Reflections on the "Ontological
Unconscious". Fosha, Transformance, Recognition of Self by Self, and
Effective Action. Section 9: EI Child Therapy. Curtin, The Inner Sense of
the Child: The Case of Joey. Section 10: EI Encounters with Death and
Dying. Bugental, Swimming Together In a Sea Of Loss: A Group Process for
Elders. Greening, Reflections on the Depressed and Dying: The Case of
Carol. Summary and Conclusion.