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`It is well written and well organised and I'm sure it will be of help and interest to researchers and practitioners concerned with the therapeutic action of psychodynamic treatment' - Penelope Waite, Nurturing Potential Change is the central purpose of all counselling and psychotherapy, but how it is conceptualized and worked with varies according to the theoretical approach being used. The Psychodynamic Approach to Therapeutic Change explores the nature of psychological change from the psychodynamic perspective and describes the process through which clients can be helped to come to terms with painful experiences and develop new ways of relating.In the first part of the book, Rob Leiper and Michael Maltby look at therapeutic change in relation to psychological health and maturity. They explore what motivates people to change and also why resistance occurs. The main part of the book outlines the collaborative process that clients and therapist work through to bring about change and highlights the role of the therapist in:] creating the conditions for clients to express their thoughts, feelings and memories] developing clients' awareness and understanding of their psychological processes, and] providing `containment' for the client's psychological projections.The final part of the book sets personal therapeutic change in a wider social context, linking individual change with community and organisational development. Combining core psychodynamic concepts with contemporary thinking, The Psychodynamic Approach to Therapeutic Change provides a lively and up-to-date integration of ideas on the change process which will be of great value to trainees and practicing counsellors and psychotherapists.
Expression: Releasing the Mind
Expression: Releasing the Mind
When people seek therapeutic help they can be motivated by a variety of factors. One, however, is so common as to be almost ubiquitous: the desire to be free of something. It may be a disabling anxiety, a painful sense of isolation or a compulsive pattern of behaviour. Whatever the problem, the person feels caught up and trapped by it. With the mind in thrall to forces that appear only to perpetuate difficulties, all freedom of movement can seem to be lost – life feels stuck in a restrictive pattern. Some of Freud's early patients had quite literally lost their freedom of movement. They complained of physical paralysis or dysfunction that had no obvious organic cause. Their bodies ...
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