Healing Symbols In Psychotherapy

Author : Erik D. Goodwyn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317311167
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Healing Symbols in Psychotherapy written by Erik D. Goodwyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ritual scholars note that rituals have powerful psychological, social and even biological effects, but these findings have not yet been integrated into the practice of psychotherapy and psychiatry. In Healing Symbols in Psychotherapy Erik D. Goodwyn attempts to rectify this by reviewing the most pertinent work done in the area of ritual study and applying it to the practice of psychotherapy and psychiatry, providing a new framework with which to approach therapy. The book combines ritual study with depth psychology, placebo study, biogenetic structuralism and cognitive anthropology to create a model of interdisciplinary psychology. Goodwyn uses examples of rituals from history, folklore and cross-cultural study and uncovers the universal themes embedded within them as well as their psychological functions. As ritual scholars show time and again how Western culture and medicine is ‘ritually impoverished’ the application of ritual themes to therapy yields many new avenues for healing. The interdisciplinary model used here suggests new ways to approach problems with basic identity, complicated grief, anxiety, depression meaninglessness and a host of other problems encountered in clinical work. The interdisciplinary approach of this accessibly-written book will appeal to psychotherapists, psychiatrists and Jungian analysts as well as those in training and readers with an interest in the science behind ritual.

Author : Ulli Springett
Publisher : Piatkus Books
ISBN 13 : 9780749922467
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Symbol Therapy written by Ulli Springett and published by Piatkus Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text presents a new approach to healing and personal growth. Developed from her own counselling practice, the author offers a method for coping with a wide range of emotional and physical problems. By learning how to access the inner wisdom found within us all, the book aims to help overcome depression, weight problems, lack of confidence, even financial problems.

Author : Tara Springett
Publisher : Weiser Books
ISBN 13 : 157863458X
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Five-Minute Miracle written by Tara Springett and published by Weiser Books. This book was released on 2009-12-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The basics of The Five-Minute Miracle came to Tara Springett, a psychotherapist, in meditation one day. The system is a pleasurable self-help method that is designed to overcome all sorts of psychological problems, as well as easing chronic pain and tiredness. The method only takes five minutes each day and is so simple that it can be used by anyone, anywhere, even by children. A synthesis of Tibetan Buddhist principles and humanistic psychology, the core of the practice is to make contact with our Higher Consciousness (in whatever form we perceive it) and receive a healing symbol to overcome our problems. This symbol will be visualized (or sensed) in our heart, radiating loving light to ourselves and to everyone who is involved in the problem. It's a system that can be used over and over again -- for a new problem, ask for a new symbol. This system, which the author calls Higher Consciousness Healing, has brought extremely impressive and reliable results -- within days or a few weeks of beginning the practice -- to hundreds of individuals and families. Now everyone can learn and practice these principles through this extraordinary and miraculous book.

Author : Margaret Carpenter Arnett
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1456888641
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Inner Journey written by Margaret Carpenter Arnett and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and demonstrates the use of imagery as a catalyst for growth and awareness, and the power of the symbol to lead the way as a healing agent. The drawings, artwork and lives of the people with whom I have worked are living proof of the transformative power of art. Focusing on this aspect, I interviewed thirteen participants (eleven women and two men) to discuss their personal experience of using art as a growing and healing process. Their stories and artwork are the basis of this book. They were asked to bring no more than 10 drawings or pieces of artwork to the interview, which they felt had been particularly significant in one or more of the following ways: 1. Bringing something to awareness that may not have been accessed in other ways. 2. In helping to make a major decision or change in life circumstances. 3. In expressing strong emotions that provided relief. 4. As an affirmation of transformation or change. 5. Breaking through a creative block. 6. Developing of skills. Excerpts from letters of recommendation: “Margaret has assisted me at my workshops on “The symbol as Healing Agent”. I highly recommend Margaret for work in the field of art therapy, counseling and/or teaching and training other counselors, therapists and teachers.” Gregg Furth Ph.D., Jungian Analyst Author: “The Secret World of Drawings” “The power in Margaret’s work comes in part from her ability to help participants access information about themselves crucial to their well-being, which is not generally accessible to the intellect. I have witnessed Margaret’s work with a group of physicians in which she was able to help participants break through the denial and control which is so much a part of physician training. Her work is gentle compassionate and a very important tool in healing.” Christiane Northrup, M.D. Author: “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom” If you’ve decided that you’re really ready to move past your preconceived ideas, defenses, and blind spots, then you’re ready for Margaret. Be prepared to enter a world you’ve never before experienced – of colors, shapes, feelings and growth. Never judging, never pushing, always drawing (in more ways than one!), she will gently show you ways to know yourself that cannot be experienced intellectually, only through pre-verbal discovery. Margaret has helped me become a better person and I treasure her. As will you Gregory Sawyer, M.D., PH.D. Director, Organizational Health and Wellness “This is a class for the artist within, and the only skill required is the willingness to attend to what is offered from that inner well.” Jane (participant) Cover Art by: Margaret Carpenter Arnett www.margaretcarpenter.com

Author : David J. Grove
Publisher : Ardent Media
ISBN 13 : 9780829024074
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Resolving Traumatic Memories written by David J. Grove and published by Ardent Media. This book was released on 1989 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Greg Bogart
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429912994
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dreamwork and Self-Healing written by Greg Bogart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There have been many previous books on the physiology of dreaming, the history of dream interpretation, and the meaning of specific dream symbols. But there have been relatively few books exploring the moment-by-moment process of interpreting dreams. This book guides you through this interpretive process, and illustrates how dreamwork promotes emotional, relational, and spiritual transformation. It explores how working with dreams enhances our emotional life, deepens our capacity for relationship, and helps us gracefully navigate change and transitions. The author shows that dreamwork is a natural antidepressant, is effective in transforming anger, bereavement, couples conflicts and impasses, and aids the process of individuation. The book explores archetypal themes and complexes, synchronistic experiences and spiritual awakening in dreams, and representations of the body in dreams. The final chapter, "Taming Wild Horses", explores animal dream symbolism and its importance for enhancing our human sexuality. The book also describes the Dream Mandala, a method of self-transformation through the union of opposites - the charged polarities of the personality.

Author : Ellen Macfarland, Ph.D.
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1556437250
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sacred Path Beyond Trauma written by Ellen Macfarland, Ph.D. and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2008-06-03 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Graham Greene’s characters famously said, “I suffer, therefore I am,” suggesting that pain is an inescapable, and perhaps incurable, part of the human condition. But must this be so? Ellen Macfarland argues otherwise in The Sacred Beyond Trauma. Through the use of mythology, stories from film and fiction, real-life examples, and her personal history, Macfarland shows that healing trauma is indeed possible, using rich resources near at hand, in nature. The book explores major symbols of healing nature that can provide an impetus for personal transformation. One of the case studies profiles Monty Roberts, a well-known horse trainer who overcame significant childhood abuse by working with horses and eventually fostering some forty children alongside his own biological family. The key, says Macfarland, is using these and other natural symbols such as yin yang to balance the tension between trauma and numinosity (sacredness, transcendence), resulting in the creation of a new way of being in the world. Understanding this and the book’s other nature-based symbols can turn the distressed mind into a fertile field of spiritual awareness, empowerment, and lifelong growth.

Author : Verena Kast
Publisher : Fromm International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynamics of Symbols written by Verena Kast and published by Fromm International. This book was released on 1992 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Carl Jung, the goal of human life is self realization; we have to strive to become whole. Deep down, we are all creative beings, and we have to make use of our creativity to become what we really are. Kast explores Jung's concept of the human being and describes the path to wholeness which, since Jung, is known as the individuation process. It becomes clear that wholeness is only possible through the interplay between conscious and unconscious. However, the two have different languages: consciousness uses word-logic, whereas the unconscious uses dream-logic. Both languages would be forever foreign to each other, were it not for symbols, which mediate between the two: our unconscious encodes its knowledge in symbols, which we then have to translate into the language of our consciousness. Thus symbols are focal points of psychic development, and it is through them that we can become whole human beings. Jung taught us the techniques with which we can make the creative core of the unconscious available to consciousness. Kast explains them by using numerous examples from her daily work as a therapist. She shows us how psychological problems can be overcome by working on the symbols in which they express themselves. In a language that can be readily grasped by the general reader, Kast goes on to explain the basic thought of Jungian psychotherapy, covering the correlation between symbols and complexes, with a special emphasis on the ego-complex; the healing function of the archetypes and how they appear in, and interact with, symbols; and symbols in transference and countertransference, powerful tools in psychotherapy. Kast also discusses the interplay of psychosomatic diseasesand symbols. The Dynamics of Symbols is not only of immediate interest to all psychologists and their patients. It is of direct concern to everyone who has the desire to become a whole human being.

Author : Roy Moodley
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1483371425
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Asian Healing Traditions in Counseling and Psychotherapy written by Roy Moodley and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2017-10-24 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book honors the rich history and impact of traditional Asian healing practices by providing a comprehensive exposition of the history, philosophy, traditional practices, contemporary formulations, and its integration with Western practices." - Fernand Lubuguin, University of Denver

Author : Mark Pearson
Publisher : Acer Press
ISBN 13 : 0864313403
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sandplay & Symbol Work written by Mark Pearson and published by Acer Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Symbols and informal play sessions are used increasingly by therapists to help clients towards personal development. This is an in-depth look at this form of counselling. Written in an easy-to follow, instructional style, this is an excellent guide for practitioners.