| Psychotherapy Training and Practice: A Journey in the Shadow Side Contributor(s): Wilkinson, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367326477 ISBN-13: 9780367326470 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Dewey: 150.195 |
| Physical Information: 266 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An exploration of the extensive intra-personal, interpersonal and group dynamic landscape of human experience pertinent to the understanding of the human shadow in the training of psychotherapists. Using phenomenological enquiry this book invites unique, in-depth experiences, provides new insights and addresses the complexities and diversities inhe |
Contributor Bio(s): Wilkinson, Kate: - Kate Wilkinson had fifteen years experience as a psychiatric nurse in the National Health Service Prior to coming into the psychotherapy profession. This was primarily in acute settings which housed'seclusion' rooms for potentially aggressive patients. Kate's interestin human aggression led her to work in forensic psychiatry, with people who had offended against society to the extreme of arson, rape, manslaughter and murder. The appalling learning which impacted Kate was that the most significant difference between patients and staff was the degree to which feelings and thoughts were acted out behaviourally. The potential to destroy is inherent in being human and as such is in each one of us. This experience enhanced Kate's sensitivity to human aggression, not least, as it showed itself in the five counselling and psychotherapy trainings which she undertook, prior to co-founding a training institute herself. Kate has challenged her colleague trainers and institute leaders to explore the place of human aggression in the caring profession of psychotherapy. |