Managing difficult endings in psychotherapy : it's time /
Murdin, Lesley,
Managing difficult endings in psychotherapy : it's time / Lesley Murdin. - London : Karnac, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xvi, 142 pages) - United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author; UKCP Series Preface; Introduction; Chapter One -- Ending Causes Pain; Chapter Two -- Time in Psychotherapy; Chapter Three -- The Patient Decides to End; Chapter Four -- The Therapist's Loss; Chapter Five -- The Trouble with Ending; Chapter Six -- Therapy is a Manic Defence; Chapter Seven -- Hopes and Desires; Chapter Eight -- Was there a Choice?; References; Index.
This book is about the difficulty of endings, but it is also about learning from the endings that we know have gone wrong as well as those that have worked well. It sets out how the psychological therapist can help a person to live well while life is available, and to face the endings that confront all of us with honesty, and the acceptance of our human fragility. Therapists suffer through the fears and failures of the people they see as well as through their own endings. These difficulties can either help each one to be more understanding and helpful, or can lead to disaster. This book is abo.
9781782411963
Psychotherapy--Termination.
Psychotherapist and patient.
Loss (Psychology)
Psychotherapists--Retirement.
Psychotherapy.
Medical personnel and patient.
Bereavement.
Retirement.
Psychotherapy
Professional-Patient Relations
Bereavement
Retirement
Electronic Books.
RC489 / .M363 2015
Managing difficult endings in psychotherapy : it's time / Lesley Murdin. - London : Karnac, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xvi, 142 pages) - United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; About the Author; UKCP Series Preface; Introduction; Chapter One -- Ending Causes Pain; Chapter Two -- Time in Psychotherapy; Chapter Three -- The Patient Decides to End; Chapter Four -- The Therapist's Loss; Chapter Five -- The Trouble with Ending; Chapter Six -- Therapy is a Manic Defence; Chapter Seven -- Hopes and Desires; Chapter Eight -- Was there a Choice?; References; Index.
This book is about the difficulty of endings, but it is also about learning from the endings that we know have gone wrong as well as those that have worked well. It sets out how the psychological therapist can help a person to live well while life is available, and to face the endings that confront all of us with honesty, and the acceptance of our human fragility. Therapists suffer through the fears and failures of the people they see as well as through their own endings. These difficulties can either help each one to be more understanding and helpful, or can lead to disaster. This book is abo.
9781782411963
Psychotherapy--Termination.
Psychotherapist and patient.
Loss (Psychology)
Psychotherapists--Retirement.
Psychotherapy.
Medical personnel and patient.
Bereavement.
Retirement.
Psychotherapy
Professional-Patient Relations
Bereavement
Retirement
Electronic Books.
RC489 / .M363 2015