Beyond Therapy

Beyond Therapy
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 210
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781351295741
ISBN-13 : 1351295748
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Beyond Therapy by : Erving Polster

Download or read book Beyond Therapy written by Erving Polster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Beyond Therapy, Erving Polster examines the role of "life focus" in three of society's most familiar activities: ordinary conversation, the arts, and religion. He shows the life focus movement to be an indivisible complement to just simply living. In proposing a paradigm shift from psychotherapy's priority for changing people's troubled lives into the complementary purpose of illuminating their lives, the author invites the participation of many people who do not seek remedial treatment for emotional or psychological problems. Polster incorporates a broader scenario for enhancing attention through community groups, showing that the convergence of people's minds on commonly important life themes creates enlightenment. This interlocked focus amplifies the ensuing conversational content and creates a meditation-like absorption. This kind of pointed focus, argues Polster, has the power to colour the lives of the participants. This work offers rationale and design for life focus community groups, and also creates a heightened identity for the life focus movement, providing other foundational ideas that help to unify diverse approaches. Mental health professionals will benefit from its wealth of specific exercises and instructions for program design. Polster provides leaders and group members with a well-rounded perspective on the basics of personal enlightenment and communal belonging.


Beyond Therapy Related Books

Beyond Therapy
Language: en
Pages: 128
Authors: Christopher Durang
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983 - Publisher: Samuel French , Incorporated

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Prudence is a conservative and slightly mixed-up young woman who thinks Bruce is crazy. Bruce is a bi-sexual who lives with his male lover and is crazy about Pr
Beyond Therapy
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors: President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.)
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-12-02 - Publisher: Harper Perennial

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

explores the profound ethical and social consequences of today's biotechnical revolution. Almost every week brings news of novel methods for screening genes and
Beyond Therapy, Beyond Science
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Anne Wilson Schaef
Categories: Compulsive behavior
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-12 - Publisher: Dissertation.com

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book is presented in three sections: I. “The rise and demise of a psychotherapist,” a personal story of concluding that the scientific assumptions on w
Beyond Therapy
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Erving Polster
Categories: Psychology
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-08 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In Beyond Therapy, Erving Polster examines the role of "life focus" in three of society's most familiar activities: ordinary conversation, the arts, and religio
Beyond Therapy
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.)
Categories: Medical
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Executive Office of the President

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Undertakes a fundamental inquiry into the human and moral significance of developments in biomedical and behavioral science and technology. Seeks to facilitate