Jason Aronson Inc imprint: 443 books
by Norman A. Clemens, Marcia Kraft Goin, Mee Ling Khoo
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2006
This book focuses on the role of individual and group psychotherapy supervision in clinical practice. Specific examples of the utility of supervision are given in chapters by psychiatrists in private practice, hospital and community centers, and administration. A psychoanalyst discusses his supervision...
The Phoenix Phenomenon
Rising from the Ashes of Grief
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
This is a book of hope and promise about bereavement therapy. The Phoenix Grievers, ordinary people whose attributes enable them to transform and transcend their own grief, are used as models of the self-actualization that can result in the aftermath of an unbearable loss. Based on the experiences...
The Jews' State
A Critical English Translation
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1997
The translator writes:
"The Jews' State" is over one hundred years old. The work is both catalyst and prophecy. Catalyst: Speaking both to Jews and to the international community, it virtually launched the modern debate about a modern state for Jews. Prophecy: it foretold the entire scope...
Hearing the Voice of God
In Search of Prophecy
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2013
In an age when technology is making our world feel increasingly small and far-flung peoples are interacting with each other more regularly than at any other time in history, the common threads running through vastly different civilizations are not only more obvious but more important to our understanding...
Your Guide to the Jewish Holidays
From Shofar to Seder
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Recent years have seen an increased interest in Jewish life, its culture, and its celebrations. There are many new students of Judaism, often potential converts or members of interfaith families who are seeking to learn more about the religion and its rituals. Unfortunately, many of the existing texts...
The Sages Speak
Rabbinic Wisdom and Jewish Values
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
Organized by subject, this is a collection of teachings and quotations from the Talmud, the Bible, rabbinical commentaries, and ancient and modern religious and secular writings. Writers include Elie Wiesel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Hebrew poet Hayim Bialik, Cynthia Ozick, Emile Zola, Albert Einstein,...
Rituals for Our Times
Celebrating, Healing, and Changing Our Lives and Our Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1998
All human cultures across time have created rituals, bringing family members together to celebrate, welcome, honor, or mourn. While contemporary rituals still exist to serve these important functions, we often perform them automatically, without considering their vital roles in our lives. Many individuals...
The Eternal Books Retold
A Rabbi Summarizes the 39 Books of the Bible
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 1999
In The Eternal Books Retold, Alex J. Goldman takes on the role of a friendly, dedicated teacher as he summarizes the 39 books of the Bible.
Rabbi Goldman writes: "My purpose in retelling and explaining the ancient books of The Holy Scriptures is to place the whole body of this religious...
Pregnancy
The Inside Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1995
No longer defined by reproductivity, women have a choice—whether, when, where, and how to have and/or mother a baby. If women wish to understand their own female experience, they can no longer be framed within a masculine model but must attend to and express their inner voices. Men and the growing...
Jewish Liturgy as a Spiritual System
A Prayer-by-Prayer Explanation of the Nature and Meaning of Jewish Worship
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2000
Readers of this book will emerge with a new awareness of what we as Jews are doing when we pray, why we are doing it, how we are supposed to be affected by prayer, how the prayers came to be as they are today, and how they differ among the major movements of American Judaism.
The traditional Jewish...
Studying the Torah
A Guide to in-Depth Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
The traditional Jew has always accepted the study of Torah as central to his or her way of life. But without the ability to effectively analyze and interpret the text, one misses the opportunity to gain a deep and authentic appreciation of the Torah's beauty and profundity. In Studying the Torah:...
The African American Experience
Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives edited by Salman Akhtar brings together the contributions of distinguished mental health professionals and scholars of humanities to offer a multifaceted perspective on the transgenerational trauma of slavery, the hardship of single parent...
Night Thoughts
Reflections of a Sex Therapist
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1995
A collection of essays on the viscissitudes of sexuality and love. It deals with the familiar as well as the forbidden. Topics range from masturbation, orgasm and post-coital feelings, to extra-marital patterns, sex and nursing, and incest.
Empathic Attunement
The 'Technique' of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2000
Empathic Attunement captures the essence of Kohut's contributions to self psychology and the mental health field. Straightforward, accurate, and practical, the authors introduce student and experienced clinician alike to the synthesis of Kohut's major concepts and their clinical applications. The...