{"product_id":"deciphering-motivation-in-psychotherapy-9781468458916","title":"Deciphering Motivation in Psychotherapy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI have often stated to students that I felt that one of the most important characteristics of a psychotherapist is the ability to tolerate ambiguity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI: The Dialectics of Motivation.- One Language and Intention.- The Cooperative Principle.- Assessment of the Intentions of Others.- Behavioral Cues.- The Search for Behavioral Cues.- Two Mixed Motivation and Language.- The Dialectical Perspective.- The Dialectics of Motivation.- The Dialectics of Language.- Universal Grammar.- Three Ambiguity.- Types of Ambiguity.- Motivational Ambiguity.- The Semantics of Intrapsychic Conflict.- Responses to Ambiguity.- The Semantics of the Game without End.- Four Selfishness and Altruism.- The Paradox of American Individualism.- Altruism Masquerading as Selfishness.- Mortification.- Five Distancing.- The Evolution of Social Roles.- Parent-Child Distancing.- Role Function Support.- II: Deciphering Motivation in Therapy.- Six Deciphering Motivation in Psychotherapy.- Recognizing Hidden Double Meanings.- Verifying the Hypothesis.- Presentation of the Hypothesis.- Seven Statements as Behavioral Cues: Case Examples.- Eight The Language of Self-Suppression: Case Examples.- Altruism Masked as Selfishness.- The Language of Mortification.- Nine The Language of Role Function Ambivalence: Case Examples.- Ambivalence: Self-Expectations.- Ambivalence: Expectations of Others.- The Language of Distancing.- Conclusion.- References.- Index to Cases and Statements.","brand":"Springer-Verlag New York Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52151275487575,"sku":"9781468458916","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/deciphering-motivation-in-psychotherapy-9781468458916","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}