{"product_id":"therapeutic-love-and-heartfullness-9781032881935","title":"Therapeutic Love and Heartfullness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces the concepts of âœtherapeutic loveâ and âœheartfullness,â combining models of group analysis, art therapy, and individual psychotherapy to present a new psychotherapeutic framework where non-erotic love is engendered and evoked within therapeutic encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heart has often been conceptualised as symbolic of sexuality and eroticism, with little meaning beyond the romantic, and therefore often removed from psychotherapeutic perspectives. Responding to this, the author calls for placing the heart as the central point of reference in therapeutic work, emphasizing how it is touched during a therapeutic session. This, in turn, gives way for the therapistâs own emotions and thoughts, such as empathy, identification, concern, protectiveness and laughter, to be released.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding upon the authorâs 40 years of experience in practice and new developments in these models, this book âmeandersâ through evolving theories and integrates them for both patients a\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019265212759,"sku":"9781032881935","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/therapeutic-love-and-heartfullness-9781032881935","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}