Structuring the Therapeutic Process
Compromise with Chaos: The Therapist's Response to the Individual and the Group
Published on 1. January 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-85302-028-5 (ISBN)
Description
Outstanding. There is authenticity and honesty in Dr Cox's message.'
- American Journal of Psychiatry
'Rich and thought provoking. A stimulating reflection for those of us who are aware of the unwithering need of organising and structuring again and again our creative doubts. A book highly recommended.'
- Group Analysis
'It is a real work of art. Supervisors and teachers of counselling it will repay reading and re-reading. It combines practical help and the development of theoretical concepts in an unusually convincing way. Strongly recommended.'
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
- American Journal of Psychiatry
'Rich and thought provoking. A stimulating reflection for those of us who are aware of the unwithering need of organising and structuring again and again our creative doubts. A book highly recommended.'
- Group Analysis
'It is a real work of art. Supervisors and teachers of counselling it will repay reading and re-reading. It combines practical help and the development of theoretical concepts in an unusually convincing way. Strongly recommended.'
- British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
More details
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
386 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85302-028-5 (9781853020285)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Murray Cox was Consultant Psychotherapist at Broadmoor Hospital from 1970 until his death in 1997. He was an Honorary Member of the Institute of Group Analysis, the Danish Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and an Honorary Research Fellow, The Shakespeare Institute (The University of Birmingham).
Content
Preface to the 1988 Edition. Prologue. Acknowledgements. Synopsis. 1. Orientation: The Centre of Gravity. 2. Terms of Reference. 3. The Sense of Self. 4. The Therapist's Personal World. 5. Transference and Countertransference. 6. Empathy. 7. The Therapist Speaks. 8. The Patient Speaks. 9. Boundaries of Therapeutic Space. 10. Numbers within Therapeutic Space. 11. Compromise with Chaos (Borderline, Psychotic and Offender-Patients). Closure. Postscript. Suggested Further Reading. References. Subject Index. Supplementary Literary Index.