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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450795803321

Titolo

Psychological investigations : a clinician's guide to social therapy / / Lois Holzman and Rafael Mendez, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Brunner-Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-94628-0

1-280-05514-6

9786610055142

0-203-01079-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HolzmanLois <1946->

MendezRafael <1949->

Disciplina

362.2

Soggetti

Social adjustment

Social psychiatry

Social networks - Therapeutic use

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; Preface; An Introduction; CHAPTER ONE The Core Issues of Social Therapeutic Practice; CHAPTER TWO The Social Therapeutic Group Process; CHAPTER THREE Developing the Social Therapeutic Relationship; CHAPTER FOUR Therapeutic Challenges: People and Situations; CHAPTER FIVE Social Therapy Integrated; CHAPTER SIX Social Therapy and Philosophy (and Politics); EPILOGUE Therapists' Comments; APPENDIX Readings in Social Therapy and the Social Therapeutic Method

Sommario/riassunto

""Psychological Investigations"" lets readers listen in on one of the most exciting developments in psychology today as it is unfolding. With the current trend in therapy reflecting a movement away from traditional psychology and towards more postmodern psychologies, social therapy, a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Fred Newman, emerges as a qualitatively new way of doing therapy. Social therapy blends philosophy, the arts, and political concerns into a group



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