{"product_id":"the-heart-of-therapy-9781032428277","title":"The Heart of Therapy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thoughtful and heartfelt book develops two main themes: the healing power of a compassionate understanding towards ourselves and others, and the ways boundaries are set within and around various areas of our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt examines how we live these boundaries, how they impact us, and what it takes to live these with deeper satisfaction. This book also addresses: shame and rage; the impact of trauma; the power of parental messages, spoken and unspoken; and transgenerational burdens. A theoretical chapter summarizes the author's integrative, phenomenological approach: it brings the insights of a body-focused trauma therapy and a systemic lens to an overarching Existential perspective. Numerous vignettes, case studies and client-therapist dialogues illustrate reflections on life, philosophy, therapeutic modalities and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be a thought-provoking read for trainee and practising counsellors and psychotherapists, or anyone looking for self-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a wise and beautiful book. Like some of the best writers in the existential humanistic tradition (Carl Rogers, R.D. Laing, Irvin Yalom, Ernesto Spinelli), Laura Barnett has a talent for making therapy and philosophical theory understandable to everyone without sacrificing complexity and depth. She adds to this tradition a very precise consideration of the importance of the body and transgenerational issues. As a vivid but modest presence in the book, she demonstrates in her very attuned handling of delicate material the book’s three interwoven themes. Holding theory lightly and combining a very distinct personal voice with compelling vignettes, she invites us to confront the mystery of being human.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBetty Cannon\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhD, Professor Emerita, author of \u003c\/em\u003eSartre and Psychoanalysis \u003cem\u003eand founder of Applied Existential Psychotherapy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Spatial Boundaries 2. Finding My Place: Spatial Boundaries 3. Time: Understanding, Compassion and Boundaries 4. My Place in Time 5. What Gets in the Way of Compassion, Understanding and Boundaries 6. Shame 7. Mothers: Challenges of Motherhood and Mothering 8. Mothers: Some Mother-child Stories of Narcissism, Absence and Trauma 9. Mothers: Some Mother-child Stories: Broken Bonds 10. Mothers: Maternal Feelings in the Therapeutic Relationship; Conclusion 11. Fathers 12. The Family Holy Book 13. Understanding 14. Heart\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019047960919,"sku":"9781032428277","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032428277.jpg?v=1750779138","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-heart-of-therapy-9781032428277","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}