Self harm a psychotherapeutic approach

Self-harm is worryingly common in young women, and is often used as a way of easing emotional suffering. Self-Harm: A Psychotherapeutic Approach explores the issues involved from the perspective of a psychoanalytical psychotherapist. Fiona Gardner examines these issues through extensive clinical mat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gardner, Fiona, 1950-, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge 2001.
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  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Meanings; conscious reasoning and unconscious motivation; Turning the anger inwards; masochism and mastery; Predisposing factors in adolescence linked to self-harm; Reversing the process; from action to articulation; The psychodynamics of the psychotherapeutic process with patients who are harming themselves; Speculations on historical, cultural and social aspects; Concluding thoughts; References; Index