Levinas And The Other In Psychotherapy And Counselling

Author : Del Loewenthal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000789071
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Levinas and the Other in Psychotherapy and Counselling written by Del Loewenthal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-28 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Emmanuel Levinas the danger of Western thought is that, if we start with ourselves, we end with ourselves. Psychotherapy and counselling would be for the sole purpose of strengthening self-initiated and self-directed fulfilment, resulting in individual and societal forms of totalitarianism. Levinas suggests that ethics should be about putting the Other first, but not in some fundamentalist Christian sense of the self-choosing to give one’s life for others. The origin of authentic ethical behaviour is not from the self but from the Other. Levinas offers us a fundamental shift in our thinking about therapeutic practices. His writings call on us to have an ethical responsibility in the very way we practice therapy. This is with all the complexities of negotiating from nearness and distance, involvement and boundaries, and how we view ourselves in attempting to do this. Levinas inspires us towards ontological, epistemological and methodological shifts. The attempt to put the Other first can significantly change our notion of being. It can help us be taken away from the dangers of a therapy based on ego psychology, which seems to permeate so much of our therapies whether classified as humanistic, psychoanalytic, behavioural or existential. All except the Introduction and two of the chapters were originally published in the European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling.

Author : Kevin C. Krycka
Publisher : Duquesne
ISBN 13 : 9780820704791
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychotherapy for the Other written by Kevin C. Krycka and published by Duquesne. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "14 essays by a wide range of scholars and practitioners examine the interface between Emmanuel Levinas's philosophical thought and psychotherapy, highlighting a variety of issues such as the nature of language, the therapist-client relationship, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, motherhood, social justice, among others"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Leswin Laubscher
Publisher : Psychology and the Other
ISBN 13 : 9781032320083
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Levinas for Psychologists written by Leswin Laubscher and published by Psychology and the Other. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Levinas for Psychologists provides a rigorous, yet accessible, examination of Emmanuel Levinas's philosophy, and its implications for Psychology and the Human and Social Sciences. Comprehensive in scope, this book traces Levinas's thought across the arc of his oeuvre, from the earliest works to the last interviews and essays. Laubscher provides numerous examples of how Levinas's thought challenges current clinical and psychotherapeutic work, psychological theory, social science research and social theory, but also offers promising alternatives. Such alternative ways to think and practise psychology are richly illuminated by accessible examples from therapy, research, and the social everyday. The volume makes Levinas's dense and demanding philosophical language comprehensible and accessible, without losing the radical, profound, and poetic qualities of the original. Issues of justice, racism, and nature are addressed throughout, and these insights and conclusions are placed within a contemporary context. This book is essential reading for psychologists, philosophers and anyone interested in the legacy of Levinas's work.

Author : David Goodman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199324824
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psychology and the Other written by David Goodman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The figure of the Other is an important though underutilized vehicle for exploring and reconceptualizing classic psychological and philosophical issues, from identity and purpose to human frailty and suffering. Moreover, it can be used to reorient inquiry toward aspects of the human condition that are often regarded as secondary or peripheral--for instance, our responsibility to others and to the environment. A broad spectrum of disciplines including psychology, philosophy, theology, and religious studies speak about the challenges we face in encountering the Other vis-à-vis our receptivity, openness, and capacity to entertain the stranger in our midst. Through constructive critical exchange, Psychology and the Other engages such perspectives on the Other from various subdisciplines within psychology and related disciplines. The volume uses the language of the Other as a vehicle for rethinking aspects of psychological processes, especially within the therapeutic context. As a group, the contributors demonstrate that the language of the Other may be more fitting than the egocentric language frequently employed in psychology. They also embrace the challenge to create new theories and practices that are more ethically attuned to the dynamic realities of psychological functioning. The book is organized into three sections. The first deals with foundational philosophical concerns and provides an introduction to the project of "thinking Otherwise." The second section brings these fundamental philosophical concerns to bear on the therapeutic situation, especially in the realm of relational psychoanalysis. The final section of the book addresses concrete psychological situations in which the Other figures prominently and where the power of thinking Otherwise is most visibly demonstrated.

Author : Leswin Laubscher
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000994724
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Levinas for Psychologists written by Leswin Laubscher and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Levinas for Psychologists provides a rigorous, yet accessible, examination of Emmanuel Levinas’s philosophy and its implications for psychology and the human and social sciences. Comprehensive in scope, this book traces Levinas’s thought across the arc of his oeuvre, from the earliest works to the last interviews and essays. Laubscher provides numerous examples of how Levinas’s thought challenges current clinical and psychotherapeutic work, psychological theory, social science research, and social theory but also offers promising alternatives. Such alternative ways to think and practice psychology are richly illuminated by accessible examples from therapy, research, and the social everyday. The volume makes Levinas’s dense and demanding philosophical language comprehensible and accessible, without losing the radical, profound, and poetic qualities of the original. Issues of justice, racism, and nature are addressed throughout, and these insights and conclusions are placed within a contemporary context. This book is essential reading for psychologists, philosophers, and anyone interested in the legacy of Levinas’s work.

Author : Robert Bernasconi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134985363
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Provocation of Levinas written by Robert Bernasconi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the most interesting and far-reaching responses to the work of Levinas in three key areas: contemporary feminism, psychotherapy and Levinas's relation to other philosophers.

Author : Paul Marcus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429914792
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Good Life written by Paul Marcus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), French phenomenological philosopher and Talmudic commentator, is regarded as perhaps the greatest ethical philosopher of our time. While Levinas enjoys prominence in the philosophical and scholarly community, especially in Europe, there are few if any books or articles written that take Levinas's extremely difficult to understand, if not obtuse, philosophy and apply it to the everyday lives of real people struggling to give greater meaning and purpose, especially ethical meaning, to their personal lives. This book attempts to fill in the large gap in the Levinas literature, mainly through using a Levinasian-inspired, ethically-infused psychoanalytic approach.

Author : Del Loewenthal
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1134851367
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling after Postmodernism written by Del Loewenthal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Del Loewenthal's career has been wide-ranging, spanning existentialism, psychoanalysis, critical psychotherapy, humanism, postmodernism, phototherapy, cognitive behaviour therapy and childhood studies. This collection combines new and recent works with earlier writings, drawing together his outstanding research and contribution to existential theory, practice and research. Containing chapters and papers chosen by Loewenthal himself, the book is divided into the following sections: • Existentialism after postmodernism and the psychological therapies • Practice, ideologies and politics: Now you see it, now you don’t! • Practice, practice issues and the nature of psychotherapeutic knowledge • Practice and theory: Implications not applications • Thoughtful practice and research • Conclusion: Hopefully unending, continually changing and astonishing After an introduction to the overall book, each section is accompanied by the author's exploration of his further thoughts on the pieces, his own subsequent learning and his comments on developments in the field since the time of writing. Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling after Postmodernism will be inspiring reading for psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, counsellors, other mental health professionals in general, and existential therapists in particular.

Author : Del Loewenthal
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429917422
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Post-existentialism and the Psychological Therapies written by Del Loewenthal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable contribution to the field by a professor of psychotherapy and author and editor of many titles in this area.

Author : Luisa de Paula
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739191667
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women in Philosophical Counseling written by Luisa de Paula and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from eighteen professional women counselors from twelve different countries, this book is the first to provide an overview of new-born philosophical practices from an entirely female perspective. It gives voice to women's thoughts and brings to the reader a living portrait of philosophy as a service to people and a training for those in search of a fully lived existence. As the authors draw on first-hand experience, their philosophical analyses intertwine with changes in attitudes and real-life stories, unearthing that forgotten soul of philosophical thought which our ancestors referred to as the Anima. The book provides a lively, sprightly and vivacious picture of how philosophy is used in practice, a long way from the rigidness and stereotypical severity of its traditional image. It will not fail to inspire readers to live their thoughts and think their lives.