Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy

Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy

by Paul L. Wachtel PhD
ISBN-10:
1609180453
ISBN-13:
9781609180454
Pub. Date:
10/19/2010
Publisher:
Guilford Publications, Inc.
ISBN-10:
1609180453
ISBN-13:
9781609180454
Pub. Date:
10/19/2010
Publisher:
Guilford Publications, Inc.
Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy

Relational Theory and the Practice of Psychotherapy

by Paul L. Wachtel PhD
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Overview

This important and innovative book explores a new direction in psychoanalytic thought that can expand and deepen clinical practice. Relational psychoanalysis diverges in key ways from the assumptions and practices that have traditionally characterized psychoanalysis. At the same time, it preserves, and even extends, the profound understanding of human experience and psychological conflict that has always been the strength of the psychoanalytic approach. Through probing theoretical analysis and illuminating examples, the book offers new and powerful ways to revitalize clinical practice.

See also Wachtel's Therapeutic Communication, Second Edition: Knowing What to Say When, an integrative, practical guide for therapists of all orientations.

 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781609180454
Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
Publication date: 10/19/2010
Pages: 338
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Paul L. Wachtel, PhD, is CUNY Distinguished Professor in the doctoral program in clinical psychology at City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Yale University and is a graduate of the postdoctoral program in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy at New York University, where he is also a faculty member. Dr. Wachtel has lectured and given workshops throughout the world on psychotherapy, personality theory, and the applications of psychological theory and research to the major social issues of our time. He has been a leading voice for integrative thinking in the human sciences and was a cofounder of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration. Dr. Wachtel is a recipient of the Hans H. Strupp Memorial Award for psychoanalytic writing, teaching and research; the Distinguished Psychologist Award from Division 29 (Psychotherapy) of the American Psychological Association (APA); the Scholarship and Research Award from Division 39 (Psychoanalysis) of APA. 

Table of Contents

1 Context and Relationship in Psychotherapy: An Introduction 1

2 How Do We Understand Another Person?: One-Person and Two-Person Perspectives 16

3 The Dynamics of Personality: One-Person and Two-Person Views 36

4 From Two-Person to Contextual: Beyond Infancy and the Consulting Room 54

5 Drives, Relationships, and the Foundations of the Relational Point of View 76

6 The Limits of the Archaeological Vision: Relational Theory and the Cyclical-Contextual Model 96

7 Self-States, Dissociation, and the Schemas of Subjectivity and Intersubjectivity 129

8 Exploration, Support, Self-Acceptance, and the "School of Suspicion" 158

9 Insight, Direct Experience, and the Implications of a New Understanding of Anxieiy 195

10 Enactments, New Relational Experience, and Implicit Relational Knowing 220

11 Confusions about Self-Disclosure: Real Issues, Pseudo-Issues, and the Inevitability of Trade-Offs 245

12 The "Inner" World, the "Outer" World, and the Lived-in World: Mobilizing for Change in the Patient's Daily Life 266

References 304

Author Index 326

Subject Index 330

Interviews

Clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, and counselors; graduate students and residents in these fields. May serve as a text in psychotherapy graduate programs.

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