Title: Psychotherapy and the quest for happiness /
Authors: Van Deurzen, Emmy.
Publisher: SAGE,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Philosophy; Happiness; Psychotherapy; Psychotherapy Philosophy; Happiness.
Abstract: The author addresses the controversial subject of the moral role of psychotherapists. She asks searching questions about the meaning of life, seeking to define what a good life consists of and how therapists might help their clients to live well rather than living simply in search of happiness.
Contents: Opening Pandora's box: values and beliefs in psychotherapy -- Good life: philosophy as a guide to therapy -- Positive psychotherapy: a science of well being -- Predictable difficulties: everyday challenges -- Life crisis: triumph over trauma -- Speech is silver and silence golden: feelings remain unspoken -- Meaning of being: beyond the quest for happiness.