CITATION

Totton, Nick. The Politics of Psychotherapy: New perspectives. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2006.

The Politics of Psychotherapy: New perspectives

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Published:  March 2006 Pages: 224

eISBN: 9780335228133 | ISBN: 9780335216536
  • Front Cover
  • Half Title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part I Psychotherapy in the political Sphere
  • Chapter 1 Politics on the couch? Psychotherapy and society-some possibillities and some limitations
  • Chapter 2 Societal trauma: democracy in danger
  • Chapter 3 Conflict, competition and aggression
  • Chapter 4 The breast-milk of the Inuit mother: a tale of micro- and maceocosm, shadow and light
  • Part II Political dimensions of Psychotherapy practice
  • Chapter 5 The politics of sexuality, gender and object choice in therapy
  • Chapter 6 Working with difference: the political context of psychotherapy with an intersubjective dialogue
  • Chapter 7 Power in the therapeutic relationship
  • Part III Psychotherapy, the state and institutions
  • Chapter 8 Values, ethics and the law: a story with some morals
  • Chapter 9 The institutions of psychotherapy
  • Chapter 10 Politics and psychotherapy in the context of healthcare
  • Part IV Working at the interface: psychotherapy in political action
  • Chapter 11 Transforming conflict into community : post-war reconciliation in croatia
  • Chapter 12 Israeli psychotherapists and the israeli - palestinian conflict
  • Chapter 13 The Bridge Project: radical Psychoterapy for the 21st century
  • Chapter 14 How to create social activism: turning the passive to active without killing each other
  • Bibiliography
  • Index
  • Back cover