The therapist's encounters with revenge and forgiveness / Mary Sherrill Durham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Durham, Mary Sherrill, 1924-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forgiveness.

Psychotherapy.

Revenge.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Mary Sherrill Durham explores the concepts of vengeance, revenge fantasies, and the granting or withholding of forgiveness, as they are manifested to the therapist during treatment. She also examines potential for the therapist/patient relationship to become a re-enactment of an abusive or controlling situation.

Contents:

COVER

The Therapist's Encounters with Revenge and Forgiveness

Contents

INTRODUCTION

1. The Exploited-Repressive Patient

2. The Vindictive Character

3. Forgiveness

4. Encounters with Revenge in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy

5. The Therapist's Encounters within the Legal System

CONCLUSIONS

REFERENCES

SUBJECT INDEX

AUTHOR INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-154) and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610551408

9781280551406

1280551402

9781846422287

1846422280

9781417553792

1417553790

OCLC:

567944211