The psychology of beauty creation of a beautiful self

The Psychology of Beauty: Creation of a Beautiful Self, by Ellen Sinkman, LCSW, addresses the vital importance of beauty, its sources, and manifestations in everyone's lives-including psychotherapy patients. During psychotherapy, patients manifest or defend against the strong desire to be beaut...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sinkman, Ellen, 1946- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Jason Aronson c2013.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798242706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; The Psychology of Beauty; 1 Pygmalion and His Living Sculpture; 2 Prehistoric and Literary Eras; 3 Ordinary Beauty and Timeless Fantasies; 4 Re-birth, Transformation, or Growth; 5 The Misplaced Therapist; 6 Reaching Farther for a Pygmalion Experience; 7 Perverse Sadomasochistic Aspects in the Urge to Become Beautiful; 8 The Intersection of the Biology and Psychology of Beauty; 9 Understanding the Invisibility of Beauty In Clinical Work; 10 Doing Versus Talking in Clinical Work; 11 Creating Beauty; 12 Variations on Definitions of Beauty
  • 13 Beauty, Gender Identity, and Primary Femininity14 Origins and Endings of Beauty; References; Index; About the Author