| The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life Contributor(s): Stern, Daniel N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393704297 ISBN-13: 9780393704297 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2004 Annotation: An exploration of the power of the profound but fleeting experiences at the root of interpersonal relationships. BEGINNING WITH THE CLAIM that we are psychologically alive only in the now, readers are invited to reconsider their day-to-day experiences. Certain moments of shared immediate experience--such as a knowing glance across a dinner table--are paradigmatic of what Stern shows to be the core of human experience, the three to five seconds he identifies as "the present moment." This book offers a novel response to age-old questions about the passage of time, what the future offers, and how humans change during the course of their lives. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Counseling |
| Dewey: 616.891 |
| LCCN: 2003060984 |
| Series: Norton Interpersonal Neurobiology |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.43" W x 9.56" (1.37 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beginning with the claim that we are psychologically alive only in the now, internationally acclaimed child psychiatrist Daniel N. Stern tackles vexing yet fascinating questions such as: what is the nature of 'nowness'? How is 'now' experienced between two people? What do present moments have to do with therapeutic growth and change? Certain moments of shared immediate experience, such as a knowing glance across a dinner table, are paradigmatic of what Stern shows to be the core of human experience, the 3 to 5 seconds he identifies as 'the present moment.' By placing the present moment at the center of psychotherapy, Stern alters our ideas about how therapeutic change occurs, and about what is significant in therapy. As much a meditation on the problems of memory and experience as it is a call to appreciate every moment of experience, The Present Moment is a must-read for all who are interested in the latest thinking about human experience. |
Contributor Bio(s): Stern, Daniel N.: - Daniel N. Stern, M.D., is Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Cornell Medical School. He wrote the acclaimed The Interpersonal World of the Infant, among other notable titles. He died in 2012. |