Philosophy's traditional concerns with the nature of knowledge, good conduct and the self cannot be ignored by psychotherapists, while the growth of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have had a profound impact on philosophy.
The essays in the books cover topics central to both psychotherapy and philosophy such as the nature of the self, motivation and subjectivity; the limits of certainty and objectivity in interpersonal situations; and the scope of narrative, dialogue and of therapy itself. Contributions draw on a wide range of different philosophical approaches and examine how they can deepen our understanding of the processes involved in different types of psychotherapy in a wide range of clinical settings.
| List of contributors | ||
| Foreword | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| 1 | Introduction: philosophy and psychotherapy | 1 |
| 2 | Therapeutic questioning and Socratic dialogue | 13 |
| 3 | The will in the light of object relations theory | 29 |
| 4 | Scepticism and psychotherapy: a Wittgensteinian approach | 47 |
| 5 | Picture this: Wittgenstein and personal construct theory | 65 |
| 6 | 'I' or 'me'?: the logic of human relations | 85 |
| 7 | The dialogical heart of intersubjectivity | 105 |
| 8 | Can meanings be causes? | 125 |
| 9 | Narrative, attachment and the therapeutic process | 145 |
| 10 | Narrative and interpretation | 163 |
| 11 | Self-reflection and the mirror | 179 |
| 12 | Seventeen syllables for the self | 195 |
| 13 | Existentialism and existential psychotherapy | 215 |
| 14 | Leaping beyond theory | 237 |
| 15 | Thinking as a healing process | 251 |
| 16 | Philosophy as psychotherapy | 269 |
| Index | 279 |
Overview
Philosophy's traditional concerns with the nature of knowledge, good conduct and the self cannot be ignored by psychotherapists, while the growth of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have had a profound impact on philosophy.
The essays in the books cover topics central to both psychotherapy and philosophy such as the nature of the self, motivation and subjectivity; the limits of certainty and objectivity in interpersonal situations; and the scope of narrative, dialogue and of ...