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Inheritance: The Evolutionary Origins of the Modern World
by Harvey Whitehouse“An insightful and breathtaking exploration of humanity’s evolutionary baggage that explains some of our species’ greatest successes and failures.” —Yuval Noah Harari, author of SapiensThe ancient inheritance that made us who we are—and is now driving us to ruin.Each of us is endowed with an inheritance—a set of evolved biases and cultural tools that shape every facet of our behavior. For countless generations, this inheritance has taken us to ever greater heights: driving the rise of more sophisticated technologies, more organized religions, more expansive empires. But now, for the first time, it’s failing us. We find ourselves hurtling toward a future of unprecedented political polarization, deadlier war, and irreparable environmental destruction.In Inheritance, renowned anthropologist Harvey Whitehouse offers a sweeping account of how our biases have shaped humanity’s past and imperil its future. He argues that three biases—conformism, religiosity, and tribalism—drive human behavior everywhere. Forged by natural selection and harnessed by thousands of years of cultural evolution, these biases catalyzed the greatest transformations in human history, from the birth of agriculture and the arrival of the first kings to the rise and fall of human sacrifice and the creation of multiethnic empires. Taking us deep into modern-day tribes, including terrorist cells and predatory ad agencies, Whitehouse shows how, as we lose the cultural scaffolding that allowed us to manage our biases, the world we’ve built is spiraling out of control.By uncovering how human nature has shaped our collective history, Inheritance unveils a surprising new path to solving our most urgent modern problems. The result is a powerful reappraisal of the human journey, one that transforms our understanding of who we are, and who we could be.
Inheriting Madness: Professionalization and Psychiatric Knowledge in Nineteenth Century France
by Ian Robert DowbigginHistorically, one of the recurring arguments in psychiatry has been that heredity is the root cause of mental illness. In Inheriting Madness, Ian Dowbiggin traces the rise in popularity of hereditarianism in France during the second half of the nineteenth century to illuminate the nature and evolution of psychiatry during this period. In Dowbiggin's mind, this fondness for hereditarianism stemmed from the need to reconcile two counteracting factors. On the one hand, psychiatrists were attempting to expand their power and privileges by excluding other groups from the treatment of the mentally ill. On the other hand, medicine's failure to effectively diagnose, cure, and understand the causes of madness made it extremely difficult for psychiatrists to justify such an expansion. These two factors, Dowbiggin argues, shaped the way psychiatrists thought about insanity, encouraging them to adopt hereditarian ideas, such as the degeneracy theory, to explain why psychiatry had failed to meet expectations. Hereditarian theories, in turn, provided evidence of the need for psychiatrists to assume more authority, resources, and cultural influence. Inheriting Madness is a forceful reminder that psychiatric notions are deeply rooted in the social, political, and cultural history of the profession itself. At a time when genetic interpretations of mental disease are again in vogue, Dowbiggin demonstrates that these views are far from unprecedented, and that in fact they share remarkable similarities with earlier theories. A familiarity with the history of the psychiatric profession compels the author to ask whether or not public faith in it is warranted.
Inheriting the Future
by Elizabeth RottenbergThis book explores several canonical works of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature. The surprising juxtaposition of Kant's moral philosophy, Freud's reflections on obsessional neurosis, and Flaubert's peculiar late novel Bouvard et Pécuchet forms the basis of a compelling argument linking each of these central works around the problem of moral thought as it fundamentally determines the modern subject in relation to time. The book engages an area of emerging importance in contemporary critical thought, the problem of ethics or "otherness" as a crucial factor at play in speculative and literary works. The readings in this book provide insight into the ways in which three fundamental philosophical, psychoanalytic, and literary texts can be reread in light of their confrontation with a seemingly inhuman force at the heart of the foundation of the human subject.
Inheriting the Future: Legacies of Kant, Freud, and Flaubert
by Elizabeth RottenbergThis book explores several canonical works of philosophy, psychoanalysis, and literature. The surprising juxtaposition of Kant's moral philosophy, Freud's reflections on obsessional neurosis, and Flaubert's peculiar late novel Bouvard et Pécuchet forms the basis of a compelling argument linking each of these central works around the problem of moral thought as it fundamentally determines the modern subject in relation to time. The book engages an area of emerging importance in contemporary critical thought, the problem of ethics or "otherness" as a crucial factor at play in speculative and literary works. The readings in this book provide insight into the ways in which three fundamental philosophical, psychoanalytic, and literary texts can be reread in light of their confrontation with a seemingly inhuman force at the heart of the foundation of the human subject.
Inhibitory Control and Drug Abuse Prevention
by Richard Milich Michael T. Bardo Diana H. FishbeinThe purpose of this book is to review our state of knowledge about the neurobehavioral and psychosocial processes involved in behavioral inhibitory processes and to provide an insight into how these basic research findings may be translated into the practice of drug abuse prevention interventions. Over the last decade, there has been a wealth of information indicating that substance use disorders do not simply reflect an exaggeration of reward seeking behavior, but that they also represent a dysfunction of behavioral inhibitory processes that are critical in exercising self-control. A number of studies have determined that individuals with substance use disorders have poor inhibitory control compared to non-abusing individuals. In addition, the fact that the adolescent period is often characterized by a lack of inhibitory control may be one important reason for the heightened vulnerability for the initiation of drug use during this time. Controlled experiments utilizing neuroscience techniques in laboratory animals or neuroimaging techniques in humans have revealed that individual differences in prefrontal cortical regions may underlie, at least in part, these differences in inhibitory control. Although a few excellent journal reviews have been published on the role of inhibitory deficits in drug abuse, there has been relatively little attention paid to the potential applications of this work for drug abuse prevention. The current book will provide both basic and applied researchers with an overview of this important health-relevant topic. Since translational research cuts across multiple disciplines and most readers are not familiar with all of these disciplines, the reading level will be geared to be accessible to graduate students, as well as to faculty and researchers in the field. The book will be organized around three general themes, encased within introductory and concluding chapters. The first theme will review basic neurobehavioral research findings on inhibition and drug abuse. Chapters in this theme will emphasize laboratory studies using human volunteers or laboratory animals that document the latest research implicating a relation between inhibition and drug abuse at both the neural and behavioral levels of analysis. The second theme will move the topic to at-risk populations that have impulse control problems, including children, adolescents and young adults. The third theme will concentrate on prevention science as it relates to inhibitory control. Chapters in this theme will be written by experts attempting to develop and improve prevention interventions by integrating evidence-based knowledge about inhibitory control processes. In all of the chapters, writers will be asked to speculate about innovative approaches that may be useful for the practice of prevention.
Initiation into Dream Mysteries: Drinking from the Pool of Mnemosyne
by Sarah Janes• Presents effective exercises and techniques, inspired by ancient texts, to deepen your personal awareness of the dream state and experiment with dreams for healing and divinatory purposes• Each initiatory chapter includes a psychodramatic narrative designed to generate the perfect dream for each stage in the initiation• Explains how dreaming has influenced cultural, religious, and spiritual thinking• Includes access to a seven-part hypnagogic guided journey recordingInvoking Mnemosyne—Greek goddess of memory and eloquence, daughter of Heaven and Earth, mother of the Muses, and archetypal deity of the Asklepion dream temple tradition—this book initiates you into full dream consciousness, offering a lucid-dreaming ritual experience in the spirit of the Mystery Schools of antiquity.Sharing her more than a decade of research on Sleep Temples and Mystery Schools of the Esoteric Tradition, lucid-dreaming instructor Sarah Janes explores the evolution of imagination, memory, and consciousness throughout the ages and proposes that dreams have been fundamental in the creation and development of culture. Dreams play an important role in ancestor worship, afterlife beliefs, animism, religion, and wisdom traditions. Explaining how a conscious dream life is essential for self-discovery, deep integration, and healing, Sarah presents exercises, techniques, initiations, and seven guided audio meditations to help you explore the inner depths of your psyche. Sarah reveals how dreams offer us an opportunity to remember and directly experience our divinity, to transcend the limitations of our mortality and enter timeless imaginal realms. These realms, accessible through dreams, can help you to form a better understanding of who you are.Employing the power of story to affect the mind and lay down new neural pathways—as if one were really living the story—Sarah connects each initiatory chapter with a psychodramatic narrative as well as a guided audio meditation. Using symbolism and powerful imagery, these stories, combined with her meditations, help you generate the perfect dreams for each stage in the initiation. And by becoming a better dreamer, you can make better, more aware decisions in your waking life.
Initiation: The Living Reality of an Archetype
by Virginia Beane Rutter Thomas Singer Thomas KirschThis book builds on the vast clinical experience of Joseph L. Henderson, who became interested in initiatory symbolism when he began his analysis with Jung in 1929. Henderson studied this symbolism in patients' dreams, fantasies, and active imagination, and demonstrated the archetype of initiation in both men and women's psychology. After Henderson’s book was republished in 2005 Kirsch, Beane Rutter and Singer brought together this collection of essays to allow a new generation to explore the archetype of initiation. Initiation: The Living Reality of an Archetype demonstrates how the archetype of initiation is seen clinically today. Divided into distinct parts, the book explores the archetype of initiation in Dr Henderson’s own life, as well as suggesting its importance in: clinical practice culture aging and death. The chapters in this book amplify and extend the archetype of initiation from the earliest historical periods up to the present day. The editors argue that initiation symbolism often underlies contemporary phenomena, but is rarely recognized; Initiation helps to bring a new understanding to these experiences. This book will be of interest to psychotherapists with an interest in psychoanalysis and analytical psychology, as well as those training at analytic institutes.
Injury and Trauma in Bioarchaeology
by Rebecca C. RedfernThe remains of past people are a testament to their lived experiences and of the environment in which they lived. Synthesising the latest research, this book critically examines the sources of evidence used to understand and interpret violence in bioarchaeology, exploring the significant light such evidence can shed on past hierarchies, gender roles and life courses. The text draws on a diverse range of social and clinical science research to investigate violence and trauma in the archaeological record, focussing on human remains. It examines injury patterns in different groups as well as the biological, psychological and cultural factors that make us behave violently, how our living environment influences injury and violence, the models used to identify and interpret violence in the past, and how violence is used as a social tool. Drawing on a range of case studies, Redfern explores new research directions that will contribute to nuanced interpretations of past lives.
Inkblot Personality Test: Understanding the Unconscious Mind
by Bankey Lal Dubey Dr Padmakali Banerjee Anand DubeyFirst authoritative and comprehensive study in the field of Inkblot Personality Test, this book describes the historical roots of the three major projective inkblot measures: the Rorschach, the Holtzman Inkblot Technique (HIT) and the Somatic Inkblot Series (SIS). It presents the extensive psychometric background work accompanying the normative data and diagnostic indicators along with indices for selecting executives in a business organization. The book begins with a detailed history of Hermann Rorschach and his early experiments with inkblots in the diagnosis of mentally ill patients. Special attention is given to the administration and scoring of the Rorschach, with the sections detailing the systems developed by Klopfer and Exner. The HIT and SIS are also reviewed in detail, emphasizing their psychometric qualities.
Inklusive Bildung forschend entdecken: Das Konzept der kooperativen Lehrer*innenbildung
by Anke Langner Matthias Ritter Jan Steffens David JugelDer Band beschreibt das Konzept der kooperativen Lehrer*innenbildung und zeigt die forschungsorientierte Entwicklung, Begleitung und Umsetzung inklusiven Unterrichts an Schulen. Dafür werden lern- und entwicklungspsychologische Grundlagen, didaktische und diagnostische Fragen, sowie die methodische und forschende Realisierung inklusiven Unterrichts vorgestellt und die zunehmende Kooperation zwischen Forschung, Lehre und Schule, als Möglichkeit zur Entwicklung einer inklusiven Bildung konzipiert.
Inklusive Didaktik: Eine symbol- und bildungstheoretische Skizze (Edition Fachdidaktiken)
by Martin GieseMit diesem Buch legt der Autor den Entwurf einer symboltheoretischen und erfahrungsorientierten Fundierung des Inklusionsdiskurses sensu Cassirer vor. Vor dem Hintergrund der Annahme, dass sich der Inklusionsdiskurs sowohl in der Behindertenpädagogik als auch in der allgemeinen Erziehungswissenschaft durch ein explizites Theoriedefizit auszeichnet, verfolgt dieser Band das Ziel, eine inklusive schulische Didaktik besser als bisher theoretisch zu legitimieren.Der InhaltEinleitung • Zum Forschungsstand im Inklusionsdiskurs • Semiotische und bildungstheoretische Überlegungen – Eine kulturanthropologische Skizze • Didaktische Perspektiven • FazitDer AutorPD Dr. Martin Giese ist an der Deutschen Blindenstudienanstalt e.V. in Marburg sowie als Privatdozent am Institut für Rehabilitationswissenschaften der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin tätig.
Inklusiver Leseunterricht: Leseentwicklung, Diagnostik und Konzepte
by Lisa Paleczek Susanne SeifertNeben entwicklungstheoretischen Aspekten zeigt das Buch Gelingensfaktoren effektiven Leseunterrichts in inklusiven Settings auf und stellt konkrete Umsetzungsvorschläge vor. Wiederholt wird betont, dass dabei die Diversität der Voraussetzungen, die die Kinder mitbringen, stets wertschätzend Berücksichtigung finden soll. Der Inhalt Entwicklung der Lese(teil-)fähigkeiten • Zusammenhänge der Lesefähigkeiten mit anderen Fähigkeiten• Österreichischer RahmenLesePlan • Transitionsprozesse • Diagnostik von Lesefähigkeiten und anderen leserelevanten Fähigkeiten • Response to Intervention • Inklusiver Schriftspracherwerb • Fortbildungsreihe Didaktische Pakete • Fachintegriertes Leseflüssigkeitstraining Filius • Kooperative Lernmethoden • Digitalisierung im Leseunterricht • Leseförderprogramm LARS Die Herausgeberinnen Mag.a Mestre Lisa Paleczek, PhD arbeitet im Bereich Inklusion an der Kirchlichen Pädagogischen Hochschule Graz und ist Lektorin im Bereich Integrationspädagogik und Heilpädagogische Psychologie an der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz. Lehr- und Forschungsschwerpunkte: inklusive Unterrichtsgestaltung, Erstellung differenzierter Lesematerialien für die Primarstufe, Diagnostik, Sprach- und Leseentwicklung bei Kindern mit anderen Erstsprachen. Dipl.-Patholing.in Susanne Seifert, PhD arbeitet im Bereich Integrationspädagogik und Heilpädagogische Psychologie an der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz. Lehr- und Forschungsschwerpunkte: Leseintervention, Diagnostik von Lese- und Sprachfähigkeiten, differenzierte Lesemethoden, Lesen bei Kindern mit anderen Erstsprachen.
Inland
by Kat RosenfieldThe psychological labyrinth of a young woman's insidious connection to the sea, from the Edgar Award nominated author of Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone. Callie Morgan has long lived choked by the failure of her own lungs, the result of an elusive pulmonary illness that has plagued her since childhood. A childhood marked early by the drowning death of her mother--a death to which Callie was the sole witness. Her father has moved them inland, away from the memories of the California coast her mother loved so much and toward promises of recovery--and the escape of denial--in arid, landlocked air. But after years of running away, the promise of a life-changing job for her father brings Callie and him back to the coast, to Florida, where Callie's symptoms miraculously disappear. For once, life seems delightfully normal. But the ocean's edge offers more than healing air ... it holds a magnetic pull, drawing Callie closer and closer to the chilly, watery embrace that claimed her mother. Returned to the ocean, Callie comes of age and comes into a family destiny that holds generations of secrets and very few happy endings.
Inleiding in de psychopathologie
by Ron Van DethDit boek is primair geschreven voor zorgprofessionals (in opleiding) die op zoek zijn naar een handzaam en verantwoord overzicht van de psychische stoornissen, zoals die in de DSM-5 worden onderscheiden. Behalve de verschijningsvorm, krijgen oorzaken en behandeling ruim aandacht. Ieder hoofdstuk schetst een breed klinisch beeld van de verschillende stoornissen en gaat systematisch in op de volgende aspecten: Kenmerken: affectieve, somatische, gedrags- en cognitieve symptomenDiagnose: veelgebruikte vragenlijsten, differentiële diagnostiek en beslisbomenPrevalentie: life-timeprevalentie en jaarprevalentie Etiologie: biologisch, psychologisch en psychosociaal perspectiefBehandeling: biologische, psychologische en psychosociale aanpakPrognose: het beloop van de stoornis. Naast de DSM-5 is dit boek gebaseerd op klinisch-psychologische en psychiatrische handboeken uit binnen- en buitenland. Met het oog op de praktijk komen in elk hoofdstuk ook Nederlandse richtlijnen en protocollen aan bod. Daarmee hebben (aankomend) klinisch- en GZ-psychologen, huisartsen, POH-GGZ, psychotherapeuten, psychiaters en andere behandelaars in de zorg de meest recente èn relevante kennis van psychische stoornissen binnen handbereik.
Inleiding tot het minimalisme
by Jonathan Gravier“Of we ons nu minimalistisch noemen of niet, we zijn allemaal op zoek naar een beter leven. Het is ook mogelijk om een evenwichtige visie te bereiken en net buiten onze voorwaarden en illusoire gedachten ". Met "minimalisme" bedoelt de auteur niet alleen een modegril die verband houdt met persoonlijke ontwikkeling, maar eerder een vitale, onderling afhankelijke beweging naar sereniteit met onszelf en anderen. Wat is minimalisme? Wat betekent het om een minimalist te zijn? Wat is geen minimalisme? Wat is onze relatie met geld en materiële / immateriële goederen? Is het mogelijk dat mijn visie op minimalisme zeer ongelukkige gevolgen heeft voor mij en mijn dierbaren? Dit boek is het resultaat van 6 jaar observeren, experimenteren en een uitnodiging om zelf na te denken. "... toen ik dit werk begon te schrijven, was het een van de intenties om er een methode van te maken, in het idee van een reeks stappen die de geest volgt om te ontdekken en te demonstreren. Uit zijn schrijven bleek dat een methode was niet geschikt ... " ✔️ geen gids ✔️ noch methodeboek (en), demonstratie ✔️ noch illusoire beloften Moge deze lezing je weghalen van een maximum aan lijden en dichter bij een sereniteit, kalmte, rust komen op weg naar een mogelijk geluk. Voor jou en het grootste aantal. Dat is de wens geuit!
Innate: How the Wiring of Our Brains Shapes Who We Are
by Kevin J. MitchellA leading neuroscientist explains why your personal traits are more innate than you thinkWhat makes you the way you are—and what makes each of us different from everyone else? In Innate, leading neuroscientist and popular science blogger Kevin Mitchell traces human diversity and individual differences to their deepest level: in the wiring of our brains. Deftly guiding us through important new research, including his own groundbreaking work, he explains how variations in the way our brains develop before birth strongly influence our psychology and behavior throughout our lives, shaping our personality, intelligence, sexuality, and even the way we perceive the world.We all share a genetic program for making a human brain, and the program for making a brain like yours is specifically encoded in your DNA. But, as Mitchell explains, the way that program plays out is affected by random processes of development that manifest uniquely in each person, even identical twins. The key insight of Innate is that the combination of these developmental and genetic variations creates innate differences in how our brains are wired—differences that impact all aspects of our psychology—and this insight promises to transform the way we see the interplay of nature and nurture.Innate also explores the genetic and neural underpinnings of disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, and epilepsy, and how our understanding of these conditions is being revolutionized. In addition, the book examines the social and ethical implications of these ideas and of new technologies that may soon offer the means to predict or manipulate human traits.Compelling and original, Innate will change the way you think about why and how we are who we are.
Inner Dialogue In Daily Life: Contemporary Approaches to Personal and Professional Development in Psychotherapy
by Charles EigenConnecting to our inner lives can foster healing, self-development and self-awareness. This unique book looks in depth at ten major contemporary psychotherapeutic approaches which all use inner dialogue as a way of developing both professionally and personally. Each chapter is written by an expert in their field, some of whom were chosen to contribute by the founder of the approach. The authors include personal stories of how they have used the approach in their own lives and work as therapists, giving a deeper insight into each method. As well as developing a connection to the mind, several of the approaches focus on deepening an awareness of the body and listening to its voice. Approaches covered include the Jungian approach, Gestalt therapy, Focusing, internal family systems therapy, and Hakomi. Drawing on both Eastern and Western traditions and methods, this fascinating book will be of interest to psychotherapists, counsellors and students, as well as anyone with an interest in inner dialogue, healing and personal development.
Inner Journeying Through Art-Journaling: Learning to See and Record your Life as a Work of Art
by Marianne HiebInner Journeying Through Art-Journaling introduces a holistic journaling process that combines art, art therapy, design theory and spiritual direction in order to attain personal balance, awareness of one's own inner processes, resolution of internal conflicts and enhanced wellness. The book guides the reader through the process of creative journaling and presents the key elements of the technique. Case studies and art journals of Marianne Hieb's own clients and retreat participants show the effectiveness of journaling as a therapeutic intervention and as a meditative tool. Inner Journeying Through Art-Journaling will be of significant use to anyone interested in holistic healing, and of special interest to arts therapists, counsellors, spiritual directors, and anyone dealing with people who are encountering loss, grief, resistance, or discernment issues. It will also be helpful for the individual looking to add holistic journaling to his or her own meditation, prayer, or inner exploration practice.
Inner Peace and Contagious Happiness for Education's Superstars
by Nikolaj Flor Rotne Didde Flor RotneInner Peace and Contagious Happiness for Education's Superstars is the digital workbook that accompanies by Didde and Nikolaj Flor Rotne.Educators are the most important resource in the learning, growth, and development of students and children, and they the superstars of the educational field. Over a period of twenty-one days, these twelve exercises in mindfulness will help teachers find ways to deal with discontent, stress, and feelings of inadequacy. This program is for teachers who want to establish a strong mindfulness practice that will help to bring greater happiness, inner peace, and abundance to daily life. ves and others. Beautiful, color illustrations.
Inner Sense: How The New Science of Interoception Can Transform Your Health
by Caroline WilliamsInteroception is one of our most important - and most mysterious - senses. It's how our bodies tell our brains what we're feeling - when we're hungry, when we're cold, how we're feeling in ourselves and how to respond to stress or panic. Little understood until now, unlocking its mechanics could transform mental health and wellbeing science.Caroline Williams is an expert in mind-body science. In Inner Sense, she uncovers a field that's poised to revolutionise health, and explores groundbreaking new techniques that can improve our mental and physical wellbeing. She meets brain scientists mapping the nervous system, neurodivergent researchers working to hone their interoception skills and health practitioners investigating how this inner sense can aid mindfulness, treat eating disorders and help find a sense of calm.Combining science, medicine, mindfulness and physical therapy, Inner Sense is the first book to bring this exciting new field of medicine to a general readership.
Inner Skiing: Revised Edition
by W. Timothy GallweyA New, Completely Revised Edition of the Classic Guide to Better Skiing Have you been searching for a way to overcome your fear, trust your instincts, and ski to your greatest potential? Inner Skiing will help you do all this and more. In this newly updated edition of the skiing classic, W. Timothy Gallwey and Robert Kriegel offer advice on and examples of how to gain the "inner" self-confidence needed to ski well and have fun on the slopes.Inner Skiing will help you:Focus on each step of a particular technique (like the parallel turn), then put it all together so that the motion seems effortlessAnalyze your fears to distinguish between healthy fear and unnecessary fear that you can overcomeAchieve "breakthrough" runs in which you experience natural and coordinated movementsMove to the next level in your skiing ability and feel in controlGallwey and Kriegel are two of the leading innovators in sports, and this new edition refines the techniques they have perfected over their long careers. Their easy-to-follow examples and anecdotes will help skiers of all abilities--from beginner to expert. Inner Skiing will change the way you ski.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Inner Speech, Culture & Education (Cultural Psychology of Education #15)
by Pablo FossaThis book is a compilation of theoretical and empirical advances related to the phenomenon of inner speech in education, and is aimed at academics and researchers in the area of psychology, education and culture. Inner speech has been a focus of multidisciplinary interest. It is a long-standing phenomenon of study in philosophy, psychology, and anthropology. Researchers from different disciplines have turned their efforts to understand this inherent experience of being "talking to oneself". In psychology, Vygotsky managed to develop a complete description of the phenomenon, giving rise to a great line of research related to inner speech in the human experience. This book derives from an international research program, related to cultural psychology, socio-constructivism, developmental psychology and education. It opens the door for new debates and emerging ideas.
Inner Strengths: Contemporary Psychotherapy and Hypnosis for Ego-Strengthening (Routledge Mental Health Classic Editions)
by Shirley McNealInner Strengths is the first book to meet the need for a comprehensive treatment of approaches to ego-strengthening in psychotherapy. It provides a historical breakthrough in the history of ego-strengthening education, and explores contemporary psychodynamic, object relations, self-psychology, ego state, and transpersonal theoretical models for understanding how and why ego-strengthening occurs. Written by two experienced psychotherapists, who were active in developing the newer, projective-evocative ego-strengthening techniques, this book emphasizes the utilization of patients' inner resources. They survey the history of ego-strengthening efforts and show how that which has been considered intrinsically hypnotic connects with the great traditions of psychotherapy. Additionally, they offer step-by-step instructions for a diversity of ego-strengthening methods that can be used for patient self-care, internal boundary formation, and personality maturation in a wide range of clinical conditions. Their discussion of the fundamental concepts of ego-strengthening draws on their theoretical and clinical explorations of dynamic internal resources such as memory, strength, wisdom, self-soothing, and love. Throughout the book, theory is balanced by an unusual richness of extended clinical examples and a wide variety of practical ego-strengthening scripts. This classic edition is essential reading for seasoned clinicians of hypnosis and beginners alike.
Inner Strengths: Contemporary Psychotherapy and Hypnosis for Ego-strengthening
by Claire Frederick Shirley A. McNealHowever it is conceived and described by psychotherapists with different orientations, a stronger ego is a universally-acknowledged goal of therapeutic work. Inner Strengths is the first book to meet the need for a comprehensive treatment of approaches to ego-strengthening in psychotherapy. It provides contemporary psychodynamic, object relations, self-psychology, ego state, and transpersonal theoretical models for understanding how and why ego-strengthening occurs. The authors are experienced psychotherapists who integrate hypnosis into their own practice of psychotherapy. They have been active in developing the newer, projective-evocative ego-strengthening techniques emphasizing the utilization of patients' inner resources. They survey the history of ego-strengthening efforts and show how that which has been considered intrinsically hypnotic connects with the great traditions of psychotherapy. Additionally, they offer step-by-step instructions for a diversity of ego-strengthening methods that can be used for patient self-care, internal boundary formation, and personality maturation in a wide range of clinical conditions. Their discussion of the fundamental concepts of ego-strengthening draws on their theoretical and clinical explorations of dynamic internal resources such as memory, strength, wisdom, self-soothing, and love. Throughout the book, theory is balanced by an unusual richness of extended clinical examples and a wide variety of practical ego-strengthening scripts. Clinicians need not be trained in hypnosis to find Inner Strengths clarifying and helpful reading; the fundamental points so vividly made by the authors are relevant to many nonhypnotic-therapeutic interventions and issues.
Inner Work: Using Dreams and Active Imagination for Personal Growth
by Robert A. JohnsonA noted author and Jungian analyst teaches how to use dreams and inner exercises to achieve personal wholeness and a more satisfying life.