ABSTRACT
Philosophy's traditional concerns with the nature of knowledge, good conduct and the self cannot be ignored by psychotherapists, while the growth of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have had a profound impact on philosophy.
The essays in the books cover topics central to both psychotherapy and philosophy such as the nature of the self, motivation and subjectivity; the limits of certainty and objectivity in interpersonal situations; and the scope of narrative, dialogue and of therapy itself. Contributions draw on a wide range of different philosophical approaches and examine how they can deepen our understanding of the processes involved in different types of psychotherapy in a wide range of clinical settings.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 2|2 pages
Therapeutic questioning and Socratic dialogue
part 3|2 pages
The will in the light of object relations theory
part 4|2 pages
Scepticism and psychotherapy: a Wittgensteinian approach
part 5|2 pages
Picture this: Wittgenstein and personal construct theory
part 6|2 pages
‘I’ or ‘me’?: the logic of human relations
part 7|1 pages
The dialogical heart of intersubjectivity
part 8|2 pages
Can meanings be causes?
part 9|2 pages
Narrative, attachment and the therapeutic process
part 10|1 pages
Narrative and interpretation
part 11|1 pages
Self-reflection and the mirror
part 12|2 pages
Seventeen syllables for the self
part 13|1 pages
Existentialism and existential psychotherapy
part 14|1 pages
Leaping beyond theory
part 15|1 pages
Thinking as a healing process