Reconstructing subjects a philosophical critique of psychotherapy
This work is about the deceptive nature of psychotherapy. In particular, it is about those therapies that claim to provide the client with insight and self-knowledge when in practice they are a means of social control absorbing clients into socially acceptable norms. Through a philosophical analysis...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Rodopi
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Value inquiry book series. Philosophy and psychology ;
235. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798275006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Editorial Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE The Issue; 1. Insight-Oriented Psychotherapies; 2. Raising the Question; 3. Some Replies; TWO Insight and Self-Knowledge; 1. The Issue; 2. The Self in Therapy; 3. Reconceptualizing Subjectivity and Self-Knowledge; THREE Reconstruction and Absorption; 1. On Reconstruction; 2. On Absorption; A. Suggestion; B. Other Nonspecific Factors; C. The Role of the Question; D. Power-Interpretation; FOUR Epistemological Issues; 1. Knowledge as Discovery; 2. Critique; 3. Knowledge as Construction. FIVE Metaphysical Issues1. Two Versions of Realism; 2. Situated Realism; SIX Ethical Considerations; 1. The Ethics of Insight-Oriented Psychotherapy; 2. Objections and Replies; Conclusion; Works Cited; About the Author; Index.
