Fundamentals of adaptive psychotherapy and counselling / Robert Langs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Langs, Robert, 1928-2014.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Psychotherapist and patient.

Counseling.

Physical Description:

v, 226 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.

Summary:

Robert Langs is a creative and controversial figure within psychotherapy and counselling. Widely published, he is particularly well known for his development of an adaptive or communicative approach to psychoanalysis. This important text not only brings together a synthesis of his most important ideas and the latest developments in his thinking -- many of them of utmost importance to all manner of therapists -- it also presents them in a form that is accessible to the reader new to the communicative approach as well as to those with more experience. With separate sections on theory and practice, a glossary of terms and clear definitions of the basic principles that apply to all forms of psychotherapy and counselling, this book is an excellent starting-point for all trainees and practitioners.

Contents:

1 Two Modes of Psychotherapy and Counselling 3

2 Two Modes of Communication 16

3 Models of the Mind 30

4 The Conscious System 41

5 The Deep Unconscious System 51

6 Ground Rules and Boundaries 60

7 Death Anxiety and the Evolution of the Mind 81

Part II Clinical Technique

8 Indicators: Symptoms and Resistances 99

9 Triggers and Themes 120

10 Three Classes of Intervention 136

11 Trigger-Decoded Interpretations 149

12 The Validating Process 157

13 The First Session 175

14 An Unnatural Profession 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-216) and indexes.

ISBN:

1403903425

OCLC:

52301437