| Description |
xvii, 461 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-440) and indexes. |
| Contents |
A vision of a meaningful life -- Factors that impede personal development -- Disrupting fantasy processes -- Challenging addictive, self-nurturing lifestyles -- A feeling versus nonfeeling existence -- Coping with anger, passivity, and a victimized point of view -- Generosity versus withholding -- Challenging self-destructive, microsuicidal, and suicidal tendencies -- Defenses against death anxiety -- Couple relationships -- Sexuality -- Family relationships -- Child-rearing -- Protecting the rights of the individual in couples and families -- Societal forces : malevolent and benevolent -- Psychotherapy : past, present, and future? -- The therapeutic value of friendship -- Spirituality, mystery, and the search for meaning. |
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Psychotherapy.
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Defense Mechanisms.
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Psychotherapy -- methods.
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Self-Injurious Behavior -- psychology.
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Social Adjustment.
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| Added Author |
Firestone, Lisa A.
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Cartlett, Joyce.
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| ISBN |
159147020X alkaline paper |
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