Relational patterns, therapeutic presence : concepts and practice of integrative psychotherapy / Richard G. Erskine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erskine, Richard G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychotherapy--Practice.

Psychotherapy.

Psychotherapy--Practice--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (401 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The introduction and the twenty-one chapters in this book reflect the ongoing development and refinement of Relational and Integrative Psychotherapy. Each chapter amalgamates ideas from several theoretical frame works: Client-Centred Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Transactional Analysis, Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and Psychoanalytic Self-Psychology, as well as inter-subjective and co-creative perspectives.The theory of 'Life Script' serves as a unifying theme to elaborate the concepts of unconscious experience, attachment and relational patterns, the essentialness of contact-in-relationship, and the centrality of relational-needs in the practice of psychotherapy. This book begins with eight philosophical assumptions essential in the practice of a relational psychotherapy. Integrated throughout the chapters is a sensitivity to both normal developmental processes and the psychological compensations that occur when there has been prolonged neglect and psychological trauma. Several case presentations illustrate the use of phenomenological and historical inquiry, developmental and rhythmic attunement, and the importance of therapeutic presence."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION Philosophical principles of integrative psychotherapy; CHAPTER ONE Integrative psychotherapy: theory, process, and relationship; CHAPTER TWO A therapy of contact-in-relationship; CHAPTER THREE Attunement and involvement: therapeutic responses to relational needs; CHAPTER FOUR Psychotherapy of unconscious experience; CHAPTER FIVE Life scripts and attachment patterns: theoretical integration and therapeutic involvement; CHAPTER SIX Life scripts: unconscious relational patterns and psychotherapeutic involvement

CHAPTER SEVENThe script system: an unconscious organization of experienceCHAPTER EIGHT Psychological functions of life scripts; CHAPTER NINE Integrating expressive methods in a relational psychotherapy; CHAPTER TEN Bonding in relationship: a solution to violence?; CHAPTER ELEVEN A Gestalt therapy approach to shame and self-righteousness: theory and methods; CHAPTER TWELVE The schizoid process; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Early affect-confusion: the "borderline" between despair and rage; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Balancing on the "borderline" of early affect-confusion

CHAPTER FIFTEEN Relational healing of early affect-confusionCHAPTER SIXTEEN Introjection, psychic presence, and Parent ego states: considerations for psychotherapy; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Resolving intrapsychic conflict: psychotherapy of Parent ego states; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN What do you say before you say goodbye? Psychotherapy of grief; CHAPTER NINETEEN Nonverbal stories: the body in psychotherapy; CHAPTER TWENTY Narcissism or the therapist's error?; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 20, 2015).

ISBN:

0-429-91851-8

0-367-32659-0

0-429-90428-2

0-429-47951-4

1-78241-343-X

9780429479519

OCLC:

905984538