Understanding boundaries and containment in clinical practice / Rebecca Brown and Karen Stobart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Rebecca.

Contributor:

Stobart, Karen.

Series:

Society of Analytical Psychology monograph series.

Society of Analytical Psychology monograph series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychodynamic psychotherapy.

Psychotherapist and patient.

Client-centered psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (147 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Karnac, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The authors propose to investigate the meaning and purpose of boundaries within and around the therapeutic experience. A boundary is more than a simple line delineating one space from another; it is an entity with properties that demand a response if they are to be negotiated. Boundaries circumscribe a space that can be viewed objectively, or experienced subjectively, as a 'container'. For the uninitiated, this therapeutic container can be difficult to penetrate. Even health professionals such as GPs and psychiatrists often do not know how to access psychotherapy organisations and their referr

Contents:

COVER; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; PREFACE TO THE SERIES; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE: Why Boundaries?; CHAPTER TWO: Boundary and Containment in Child; CHAPTER THREE: Nuts and Bolts; CHAPTER FOUR: The Containing Mind; CHAPTER FIVE: Boundaries Within Organizational Settings; CHAPTER SIX: Confidentiality; CHAPTER SEVEN: Professional Boundaries and Containment Including training, registration, Codes ofEthics and good practice; CHAPTER EIGHT: Ending; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123) and index.

ISBN:

0-429-92349-X

0-429-48449-6

1-283-06926-1

9786613069269

1-84940-561-1

OCLC:

723944637