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| About the book |
This unique collection by leading authors explores the links between therapy and the political world, and their contribution to each other. Topics covered include:
Contributors: Lane Arye, Arlene Audergon, Emanuel Berman, Sandra Bloom, Jocelyn Chaplin, Petruska Clarkson, Chess Denman, Dawn Freshwater, Kate Gentile, John Lees, Renos Papadopoulos, Hilary Prentice, Mary-Jayne Rust, Judy Ryde, Andrew Samuels, Nick Totton. |
| About the authors |
| Table of contents |
Acknowledgements Notes on contributors Introduction Part 1: Psychotherapy in the political sphere Politics on the couch? Psychotherapy and society - Some possibilities and some limitations Societal trauma: Democracy in danger Conflict, competition and aggression The breast-milk of the inuit mother: A tale of micro and macrocosm, shadow and light Part 2: Political dimensions of psychotherapy practice The politics of sexuality, gender and object choice in therapy Working with difference: The political context of psychotherapy with an intersubjective dialogue Power in the therapeutic relationship Part 3: Psychotherapy, the state and institutions Values, ethics and the law: A story with some morals The institutions of psychotherapy Politics and psychotherapy in the context of healthcare Part 4: Working at the interface: Psychotherapy in political action Transforming conflict into community: Post-war reconciliation in Croatia Israeli psychotherapists and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Bridge Project: Radical psychotherapy for the 21st Century How to create social activism: Turning the passive to active without killing each other Index. |
