The Muse as Therapist
A New Poetic Paradigm for Psychotherapy
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Mental Health
| Author: | Heward Wilkinson | ISBN: | 9780429921513 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | June 17, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Heward Wilkinson |
| ISBN: | 9780429921513 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | June 17, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
In recent years there has been a cautious movement towards seeing psychotherapy and counselling as arts not as sciences. In this rich, yet rigorous, multidisciplinary text, this movement is explored in terms of poetry; therapy; dreams; literary texts; Heideggerian, Kantian, and post-modern philosophy; the modern developmental theorising of Daniel Stern; and the politics of psychotherapy regulation. This path-breaking book offers a grounded challenge to reductive visions of the therapy process.
In recent years there has been a cautious movement towards seeing psychotherapy and counselling as arts not as sciences. In this rich, yet rigorous, multidisciplinary text, this movement is explored in terms of poetry; therapy; dreams; literary texts; Heideggerian, Kantian, and post-modern philosophy; the modern developmental theorising of Daniel Stern; and the politics of psychotherapy regulation. This path-breaking book offers a grounded challenge to reductive visions of the therapy process.
