
Living on the Edge
Breaking up to breakdown to breakthrough
Elizabeth Wilde McCormick(Author)
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 30. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-8264-6780-5 (ISBN)
Description
'This is a complex book. It offers clarification and a sense of reassurance, but does not intend to provide answers, and is not for those seeking concrete direction. This will be a powerful read for many in a place of loss, chaos or existential angst' - Alison Cooper, Psychothearpy and Counselling
Drawing on sources as diverse as medical and psychological theory, anthropology, religious and spiritual tradition, art and poetry, experienced psychotherapist Elizabeth Wilde McCormick explores the different elements of the edge - the images, dangers, safe places, and offers a unique handbook which charts that often lonely and alien territory.
Drawing on sources as diverse as medical and psychological theory, anthropology, religious and spiritual tradition, art and poetry, experienced psychotherapist Elizabeth Wilde McCormick explores the different elements of the edge - the images, dangers, safe places, and offers a unique handbook which charts that often lonely and alien territory.
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
333 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8264-6780-5 (9780826467805)
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Person
Elizabeth Wilde McCormick has been in practice as a psychotherapist for over thirty years in both private and NHS settings. She is also a teacher, trainer and writer. Her background is in social psychiatry, humanistic and transpersonal psychology and cognitive analytic therapy. She has had an interest for many years in the interface between psychotherapy and mindfulness and in the process of change. She is a founder member of The Association for Cognitive Analytic Therapy and the author of a number of books including Living On The Edge, Surviving Breakdown, The Pale Green Room and Your Heart and You.
Content
PART ONE - MAPPING THE EDGE
General Images and Definitions of the Edge
Naming Our Individual Edges
Maps of Being
Paths of Initiation
PART TWO - ASPECTS OF THE EDGE
Preparing to Explore the Edge
Chaos
Exhaustion
When the Well Runs Dry
Loss and Fear of Loss
Grey Melancholy and Black Depression
Anger and Rage
Vulnerability
Aloneness and Alienation
Meeting the Trickster
Waiting
PART THREE - DANGERS OF THE EDGE
False Gods
PART FOUR - STEPPING STONES AND SAFE PLACES FOR THE EDGE
Stepping Stones and Safe Places
General Images and Definitions of the Edge
Naming Our Individual Edges
Maps of Being
Paths of Initiation
PART TWO - ASPECTS OF THE EDGE
Preparing to Explore the Edge
Chaos
Exhaustion
When the Well Runs Dry
Loss and Fear of Loss
Grey Melancholy and Black Depression
Anger and Rage
Vulnerability
Aloneness and Alienation
Meeting the Trickster
Waiting
PART THREE - DANGERS OF THE EDGE
False Gods
PART FOUR - STEPPING STONES AND SAFE PLACES FOR THE EDGE
Stepping Stones and Safe Places