| Emotions and the Therapist: A Systemic-Dialogical Approach Contributor(s): Bertrando, Paolo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367103176 ISBN-13: 9780367103170 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Emotions - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| Series: Systemic Thinking and Practice |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.20 lbs) 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In recent years, systemic theory and practice adopted a dialogical orientation, centred on the persons of the therapist and client. This has led to a growing attention toward emotions, which, in this book, is developed in terms of emotional systems. An emotional system in therapy may be viewed as the sum of the emotions existing and interacting in people's lives. Relevant changes in life happen when emotional stances and sequences change within the system, leading, for example, to a greater sense of agency or hope, or to a different perception of the situation. This book looks at emotions within human systems in terms of dominant and silent emotions, which shape and are shaped by human relationships, and may be played in several ways according to reciprocal emotional positioning. The therapist uses his or her own feeling, and understanding of the emotions within the therapeutic dialogue, in order to create hypotheses and new dialogues which allow change. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bertrando, Paolo: - Paolo Bertrando He is the Director of the Episteme Association in Turin, and teaches psychodynamics of family relationships at the Vita-Salute University in Milan. Dr. Bertrando is Associate Editor for Italy of the British Journal of Family Therapy. He is the author of several scientific articles and books including The Times of Time (1993) and Systemic Therapy with Individuals (1996), both with Luigi Boscolo. His current interests are in the dynamics of systemic therapy, the broader implications of systemic theory, and the use of systemic individual therapy with specific populations. |