Contexts And Connections: An Intersubjective Approach To Couples Therapy (Basic Behavioral Science Books)

Author: David ShaddockPublisher: Basic BooksHardcover:ISBN 10: 0465095704ISBN 13: 978-0465095704Shaddock makes sense of intersubjectivity, the functional paradigm shift in highbrow psychotherapy, as both a way of thinking about our psychological lives and a way of doing clinical work. Applying it to relational systems means investigating the experience of each partner/ member from inside his/her perspective and without judgment.The book illustrates how that approach lowers defenses and lets in insights, mutual understanding, and renewed hope; it demonstrates that treatment built on empathic awareness of contexts and connections can actually also lead to individual transformation. Review "Building on the conceptual scaffold erected in his masterful and now classic Neurotic Styles, David Shapiro ventures into new territory to further refine his architectonic views on psychopathology, this time encompassing psychotic conditions (main