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There is a growing interest on what clients have to say about their experiences in counseling and psychotherapy. Why do they say the things they say? In this powerful analysis, On Being a Client identifies a number of clear and potent messages that transcend the complexity of counseling thought and psychotherapeutic practice. Using clients' experiences as a framework, the author creates a general theory of counseling and psychotherapy. He proposes that the social and psychological structures which generate the clients' experiences underlie all psychotherapeutic encounters, and the self forms and reforms in social relationships--including those established in the therapeutic context. In this fascinating volume, the reader is invited to consider a number of thought-provoking claims about the universal qualities that characterize good and bad practice in all types of counseling and therapy. This distinctive and accessible analysis is invaluable reading for all counselors, therapists, and other mental health professionals, whether they be in training or already established in practice.
Biology and Experience
Biology and Experience
We have learned to ask two questions about the wish to understand and the need to be understood. The first is: How does one person understand the thoughts and feelings of another? And the second is: Why should human beings be interested in the mental states of their fellow men and women? It seems that the best company to keep if we persist in asking questions of this kind is certain types of developmental psychologist and a number of very thought-provoking neurobiologists. Between them, they throw much light on our concerns.
In recent years, a number of exhilarating attempts have been made to link mind and consciousness with the development of the individual, as both a biological and a social entity. ...
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