Description
Book SynopsisIn this book, prominent writers on psychotherapy present different, sometimes opposing views on humanity amp rsquo s dark side and consider how these views impact their clinical practice. Must therapists address the dark side in order to help people grow constructively? Or can they work to develop clients amp rsquo positive features without addressing the dark side at all? How does one help a victim of amp ldquo evil amp rdquo cope in therapy, and what if the client is a perpetrator? Additional chapters address broader implications, such as whether psychology is a fundamentally moral enterprise, whether human negativity is necessarily immoral, and how organizations that strive for virtue might instead perpetuate vice. Complete with engaging case studies, this book will stimulate dialogue on important philosophical issues that impact clinical practice and broader social interactions.
Table of ContentsContributors
Preface
Introduction: The Dark Side Metaphor
Arthur C. Bohart
I. Journeys Beyond the Carl Rogers–Rollo May Debate
- Radical Openness to Radical Mystery: Rollo May and the Awe-Based Way
Kirk J. Schneider
- Whence the Evil? A Personalistic and Dialogic Perspective
Peter F. Schmid
- Darth Vader, Carl Rogers, and Self-Organizing Wisdom
Arthur C. Bohart
II. Clinical Encounters With the Dark Side
- Theogonies and Therapies: A Jungian Perspective on Humanity's Dark Side
James Hollis
- Decalogue, or How to Live a Life: Engendering Self-Examination
Edward Mendelowitz
- Evil: An Experiential Constructivist Understanding
Larry M. Leitner
- When People Do Bad Things: Evil, Suffering, and Dependent Origination
John Briere
- The Ubiquity of Evil — And Multimodal Cognitive Treatment of Its Effects
Arnold A. Lazarus
- Virtue and the Organizational Shadow: Exploring False Innocence and the Paradoxes of Power
Maureen O'Hara and Aftab Omer
III. Broader Implications: Is Psychology a Moral Endeavor?
- Beyond Good and Evil: Variations on Some Freudian Themes
David Livingstone Smith
- Deny No Evil, Ignore No Evil, Reframe No Evil: Psychology's Moral Agenda
Ronald B. Miller
- Feeling Bad, Being Bad, and the Perils of Personhood
Barbara S. Held
Afterword
Arthur C. Bohart
Index
About the Editors
