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Psychotherapy, Society, and Politics Nissim Avissar

Psychotherapy, Society, and Politics By Nissim Avissar

Psychotherapy, Society, and Politics by Nissim Avissar


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This book offers a comprehensive overview of the overlap between personal and political aspects of life within the context of psychotherapy. Many of them find value in clarifying political aspects of clients' lives and psychotherapy itself, but are hesitant to touch upon this loaded issue or do not know how to approach it.

Psychotherapy, Society, and Politics Summary

Psychotherapy, Society, and Politics: From Theory to Practice by Nissim Avissar

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the overlap between personal and political aspects of life within the context of psychotherapy. It sketches out a clear and detailed narrative of the complex interrelations between psychotherapy, society, and politics. It articulates a theoretical basis for politically conscious and socially responsible therapy work, as well as the guiding principles in implementing this position. Many psychotherapists find themselves struggling when faced with political issues that come up in treatment, both overtly and covertly. Many of them find value in clarifying political aspects of clients' lives and psychotherapy itself, but are hesitant to touch upon this loaded issue or do not know how to approach it. Nissim Avissar's book opens up new possibilities of thinking afresh on psychotherapy, in a way that takes into account real life conditions and the effects of professional work on the social environment.

About Nissim Avissar

Nissim Avissar teaches in the Kibbutzim College of Education and the School of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Center - Herzliya (IDC), Israel. He is an Israeli clinical psychologist and has published and presented work on the interplay between psychology and education on the one hand and politics, social responsibility, and political engagement (or activism) on the other, particularly within the Israeli context.

Table of Contents

Part I - Theory1. Politics, not what you had in mind!2. Psychotherapy's forgotten political narrative3. The return of the political to the discourse of therapy4. Psychotherapy: between the personal and the political5. Theories with an agendaPart II - Practice 6. Politics in professional training7. Psychology under the influence: Psychologists Versus Injurious Realities 8. Politically sensitive psychotherapy9. Political Attentiveness: Dealing with Political Materials in Therapy10. The Alchemy of Psychotherapy: Transforming Discontent into PowerPart IV - The Israeli Case 11. Psychotherapy as a mirror of society: The Israeli context12. Political dialogues: Critical analysis of the psychotherapeutic discourse in Israel 13. Politics in therapy: A survey among Israeli clinical psychologists14. Clinical psychologists facing psychopolitical dilemmas15. An Israeli psychotherapy?Epilogue

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NLS9781349954094
9781349954094
1349954098
Psychotherapy, Society, and Politics: From Theory to Practice by Nissim Avissar
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2018-06-12
195
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