Dual Realities
Subtitle: the Search for Meaning: Psychodynamic Therapy with Physically Ill People
By: Ruth Archer
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780429474033
Subjects: Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic Theory; Psychanalyse
Description: "Little has been written about psychotherapy with the seriously physically ill and this book seeks to remedy that. The title Dual Realities refers to the inner reality of the individuals internal world and the outer reality of their illness and the interaction between the two. Out of this arena came an understanding that what is important for the client/patient is the meaning, for them, of their illness. Dual Realities aims to show how therapists can work effectively with ill or disabled people, by facing their fears, adjusting their technique and by learning from their patients. To the general reader it offers an insight into this important area of psychotherapeutic work. To us all it gives the opportunity to discover the courage of those who were willing to pursue the path of psychotherapy in the search for wholeness and meaning in their illness and who have allowed their explorations to be published. This book will be of value to both qualified and trainee counsellors and psychotherapists who find themselves working with clients/patients who are seriously physically ill or disabled. It will also be of interest to other professionals who care for ill people at home or in hospital and to anyone who wants to understand the emotional impact of a serious illness or disability on the individual and their families. Contributors:Susan Berger; Lavinia Chant; Rosemary Dixon-Nuttall; Gwen Evans; Anne Green; Linette Hatfield; Michael Kelly; Gertrud Mander; Celia Nightall; Judy Parkinson; Lynda Snowdon; and Dorothee Steffens."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter Introduction  -- Ruth Archer; title: chapter ONE Assessing clients with a serious physical illness or disability for psychodynamic counselling  -- Gwen Evans; title: chapter TWO Emotional reactions to serious diagnosis  -- Celia Nightall; title: chapter THREE Living with a life-threatening tumour: in search of meaning and creativity  -- Dorothee Steffens; title: chapter FOUR Avoiding the issues: the consequences of poorly managed diabetes  -- Susan Berger; title: chapter 5 Living in the shadow of death  -- Lynda Snowdon; title: chapter SIX  -- Lavinia Chant; title: chapter SEVEN Working with dual realities: psychological and physical  -- Linette Hatfield; title: chapter EIGHT What did you say? What did you mean?  -- Michael Kelly; title: chapter NINE Becoming free  -- Anne Green; title: chapter TEN A life well lived: the challenge of progressive disability  -- Ruth Archer; title: chapter ELEVEN Who am I, that I might become? The spiritual dimension in work with people who are seriously physically ill  -- Judy Parkinson; title: chapter TWELVE Inner worlds—outer realities. The dying person in counselling and psychotherapy  -- Ruth Archer; title: chapter THIRTEEN Supervision of counsellors working with seriously physically ill patients -- Gertrud Mander.