{"product_id":"intimacy-and-alienation-9780415220316","title":"Intimacy and Alienation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntimacy and Alienation\u003c\/em\u003e puts forward the author''s unique paradigm for psychotherapy and counselling based on the assumption that each patient has suffered a disruption of the ''self'', and that the goal of the therapist is to identify and work with that disruption.\u003cbr\u003eUsing many clinical illustrations, and drawing on self psychology, attachment therapy and theories of trauma, Russell Meares looks at the nature of self and how it develops, before going on to explore the form and feeling of experience when self is disrupted in a traumatic way, and focusing on ways towards the restoration of the self.\u003cbr\u003eWritten in an accessible style from the author''s singular perspective, \u003cem\u003eIntimacy and Alienation\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to professionals in the fields of psychotherapy, counselling, social work and psychiatry, as well as to students and the lay reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Self in Conversation. \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Self and Development.\u003c\/strong\u003e I, Me, Myself. Conversational Play. Two Forms of Human Conversation. Memory. \u003cstrong\u003ePart II:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Trauma System.\u003c\/strong\u003e Uncoupled Consciousness. Disrupted Maturation: Dissolution Hypothesis. A Theory of Value. Feeling Creates Reality. Malignant Internalisation. The Evocative Context. Priming and Projective Identification: On Being Constructed. Satellites of Trauma. \u003cstrong\u003ePart III:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntegration.\u003c\/strong\u003e Transforming the Chronicle. Flights \u0026amp; Perching. Epilogue. The Death of Narcissus.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018117841239,"sku":"9780415220316","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415220316.jpg?v=1750775681","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/intimacy-and-alienation-9780415220316","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}