How much is enough? : endings in psychotherapy and counselling / Lesley Murdin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murdin, Lesley, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy--Termination.

Termination.

Local Subjects:

Psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy--Termination.

Termination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.

Summary:

How Much is Enough? addresses this important question, looking at the reasons why therapy can go on for too long or can come to a destructively premature ending, and offering advice on how to avoid either, with a timely conclusion. Using vivid examples and practical guidelines, Lesley Murdin examines the theoretical, technical and ethical aspects of endings. She emphasises that it is not only the patient who needs to change if one is to achieve a satisfactory outcome. The therapist must discover the changes in him/herself which are needed to enable an ending in psychotherapy. How

Contents:

HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? Endings in Psychotherapy and Counselling; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: the problem; 1 What are we waiting for? aims and outcomes; 2 Happy endings: the goal of resolving transference; 3 Dealing with illusions: narcissism and endings; 4 Staying alive: the patient's unilateral ending; 5 Time to go: the therapist ends; 6 What is truth? values and valuing endings; 7 Ends and means: the ethics of ending; 8 Endgame: last sessions; 9 In my beginning is my end: the time-limited solution; 10 Endings in training and supervision; The good ending; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-203-13073-1

1-134-65908-3

1-280-32947-5

0-415-18893-8

1-134-65909-1

0-203-17059-8

9786610329472

9780203130735

OCLC:

614654246