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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807042403321

Titolo

Human goodness : origins, manifestations, and clinical implications / / edited by Salman Akhtar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-4424-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 p.)

Collana

Margaret S. Mahler Series

Disciplina

155.2/32

Soggetti

Altruism

Kindness

Forgiveness

Helping behavior

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Human Goodness; Chapter Two: Do Psychoanalysts Know What's Good for Them? If So, Why are They Always Arguing about It? If Not, How Do They (and We) Know What's Good for Us?; Chapter Three: On Human Goodness; Chapter Four: A Therapist's Maternal Altruism; Chapter Five: The Altruistic Omnipotent Mother; Chapter Six: Kindness, Altruism and Forgiveness; Chapter Seven: Some Unconscious Variables at Play in Human Goodness; Chapter Eight: In Favor of Good and Bad Objects; References; Index; Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Each human heart possesses positive attributes such as altruism, kindness, concern, gratitude, and forgiveness. "Human Goodness" explores the origins of these traits through the use of clinical vignettes to help mental health professionals see their clients in refreshingly new ways.