Victor Schermer

Spirit and Psyche

A New Paradigm for Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Psychotherapy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 158mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 4200g
• ISBN-13: 9781853029264
• ISBN-10: 1853029262
• Artikelnr.: 21319601

Autorenporträt

Victor L. Schermer is a psychologist, psychoanalytic psychotherapist, consultant, and supervisor in private practice and clinic settings with over 25 years' experience working in the fields of mental health and substance abuse. His special interests include object relations theory, self psychology, and psychological trauma, all of which he has recently sought to link with spirituality and religious beliefs. His deep interest in spirituality has led him to study yoga and meditation; he has also served on the board of the Institute for Spirituality and Psychological Healing in Philadelphia, is Founding Director of the Study Group for Contemporary Psychoanalytic Process, and a consultant for the Disaster Outreach Task Force of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He has published and presented widely and is co-author of one and co-editor of three prior books, including Group Psychotherapy of the Psychoses, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, Kenneth Porter. Preface and Acknowledgements. Part I:
Psychospirituality. 1. A Paradigm Shift. 2. Newer Perspectives in Science,
Psychology and Medicine. 3. The Impact of Eastern Thought. 4. Building
Bridges between Spirituality and Psychology through Object Relations Theory
and Self Psychology. 5. Insights from Kleinian Object Relations Theory. 6.
The Relational Matrix of Infancy and its Impact upon Spiritual Development.
7. The Self in Relation: Vulnerability and Mutuality as Gateways to
Healing. 8. The Pyschospiritual Self. 9. Spiritual Development throughout
the Life Cycle. 10. The Circles of Being: Towards a `Pyschospiritual Map'.
Part II: Spirituality and Psychological Healing. 11. Spirituality in
Psychotherapy. 12 The Spiritual Journey: Story, Rite and Ritual as
Metaphors for Psychotherapy and Healing. 13. The Therapist as Mystic: The
Listening Process. 14. Conclusions: Optimistic and Cautionary. Addendum and
Exemplification. Spirituality, the Twelve Step Model and Psychotherapy.
References. Index.