Self-Agency in Psychotherapy: Attachment, Autonomy, and Intimacy (Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)
“[B]oth far ranging and far reaching . . . . Knox's contribution is a sound and thought-provoking one, debunking both that theory "knows" what the patient must come to experience and that patients do not know their own minds. Her review and integration of a broad array of research are thorough yet focused.” (PsycCritiques)“This book will surely become a classic! It is a remarkable, groundbreaking, sweeping synthesis of the best research available on the formation of the mind applied to the art of psychotherapy. In masterly fashion, Knox not only takes the reader through the developmental evolution of self-agency, but also manages to challenge and empower each of us to claim the various levels of agency by which we live and work.” (Joe Cambray, PhD, President, International Association for Analytic Psychology)“Self-Agency in Psychotherapyis an amazing integration of developmental research and neuroscience with clinical theory and practice. Knox has written a fascinating and important book.” (Beatrice Beebe, PhD, Clinical Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Columbia University)“Knox has given us gold. At once accessible and erudite,Self-Agency in Psychotherapypoints the way to new conceptions of mind and of interaction. Spanning far-ranging literatures of psychoanalysis, neurobiology, infant research, and philosophy, Knox weaves an argument that self-agency is at the nexus of cultural, bodily and psychic forces. This volume represents cutting-edge interpersonal neurobiology, thought through the lens of a practicing analytic clinician.” (Bruce Reis, PhD, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis)