Self-harm : a psychotherapeutic approach / / Fiona Gardner

• Autore: Gardner Fiona <1950-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (174 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/84
• Soggetto topico: Self-injurious behavior; Self-mutilation; Psychotherapy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Meanings; conscious reasoning and unconscious motivation; Turning the anger inwards; masochism and mastery; Predisposing factors in adolescence linked to self-harm; Reversing the process; from action to articulation; The psychodynamics of the psychotherapeutic process with patients who are harming themselves; Speculations on historical, cultural and social aspects; Concluding thoughts; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Self-harm is worryingly common in young women, and is often used as a way of easing emotional suffering. Self-Harm: A Psychotherapeutic Approach explores the issues involved from the perspective of a psychoanalytical psychotherapist. Fiona Gardner examines these issues through extensive clinical material and an analysis of the social and cultural influences behind self-harm. This book will be of interest to all those working with those who are harming themselves, including psychotherapists, school counsellors, social workers and mental health clinicians.
• Altri titoli varianti: Self harm : a psychotherapeutic approach
• Titolo autorizzato: Self-harm
• ISBN: 1-904697-62-3; 0-203-19399-7; 1-280-17858-2; 0-203-24604-7; 1-134-57040-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450699403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II