What is psychotherapy? [electronic book] / The School of Life and Alain de Botton.

By: Life, The School of.

Contributor(s): de Botton, Alain.

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BookSeries: Essay Books: Publisher: La Vergne : The School of Life, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (72 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781999747176 (hardback) ; 9781999917982 (e-book) .Online resources: E-book

Contents:

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Why we need therapy -- How therapy works -- Case studies -- Conclusion.

Summary: An in-depth look at a much misunderstood practice, offering a fresh viewpoint on how this science can be a universally effective route to our better selves.

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A fresh perspective on how psychotherapy can be universally effective.

Psychotherapy is one of the most valuable inventions of the last hundred years, with an exceptional power to raise our levels of emotional well-being, enhance our relationships, heal the wounds of the past, and help us mine our professional potential. But it is also profoundly misunderstood science.

Working with a therapist can make us less angry, improve our confidence, and, perhaps most importantly, make us more loving towards ourselves and others.

Through engaging historical analysis and relevant case studies, this book explains psychotherapy in depth: why we need it, how treatment works, and what the outcome of a therapeutic intervention looks like. The book argues that psychotherapy is the single greatest step any of us can take towards self-understanding and fulfillment.

This book attempts to explain psychotherapy: why it is needed by us all, how those needs are addressed by treatment and what the outcome of a therapeutic intervention could be. The book reflects a fundamental belief of The School of Life that psychotherapy is the single greatest step any of us can take towards self-understanding and fulfillment. A course of therapy stands to render us ever so slightly less angry, self-defeating, unconfident, lost and sad.

PSYCHOTHERAPY EXPLAINED a demystifying guide to the purpose and meaning of psychotherapy. UNLOCK THE POWER OF THERAPY to improve self love, communication, trust, and honesty. EXPLORES POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC OUTCOMES using case studies as examples. DEBUNKS COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS about the science of psychotherapy.

Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Why we need therapy -- How therapy works -- Case studies -- Conclusion.

An in-depth look at a much misunderstood practice, offering a fresh viewpoint on how this science can be a universally effective route to our better selves.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Excerpt provided by Syndetics

Imbalances As a result of our childhoods, we are unbalanced; over most issues, we tend to list excessively, like a sailing yacht in high wind, in one direction or another. We are too timid or too assertive; too rigid or too accommodating; too focused on material success or maddeningly lackadaisical. We are obsessively eager around sex or painfully wary and nervous in the face of our own erotic impulses. We are dreamily naïve or sourly down to earth; we recoil from risk or embrace it recklessly; we are determined never to rely on anyone or are desperate for another to complete us; we are overly intellectual or unduly resistant to ideas. The encyclopedia of emotional imbalances is a volume without end. What is certain is that these imbalances come at vast cost, rendering us less able to exploit our talents and opportunities, less able to lead satisfying lives and a great deal less fun to be around. Yet because we are reluctant historians of our emotional pasts, we easily assume that our imbalances are things we could never change; that they are innate. It is just how we are made. We simply are people who micromanage, or can't get much pleasure out of sex, or scream when someone contradicts us, or run away from lovers who are too kind to us. It may not be easy, but nor is it alterable or up for enquiry. The truth is likely to be more hopeful, although more challenging in the short term. Our imbalances are invariably responses to something that happened in the past. We are a certain way because a primal wound knocked us off a more fulfilling trajectory years ago. In the face of a viciously competitive parent, we took refuge in underachievement. Having lived around a parent disgusted by the body, sex became frightening. Surrounded by material unreliability, we had to overachieve around money and social prestige. Hurt by a dismissive parent, we fell into patterns of emotional avoidance. A volatile parent pushed us towards our present meekness and inability to make a fuss. Early overprotectiveness inspired timidity and, around any complex situation, panic. A continually busy, inattentive parent was the catalyst for a personality marked by exhausting attention-seeking behaviour. There is always a logic and always a history. Excerpted from What Is Psychotherapy? by The School of Life All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

The School of Life is a global organization helping people lead more fulfilled lives. Through our range of books, gifts and stationery we aim to prompt more thoughtful natures and help everyone to find fulfillment.

The School of Life is a resource for exploring self-knowledge, relationships, work, socializing, finding calm, and enjoying culture through content, community, and conversation. You can find us online, in stores and in welcoming spaces around the world offering classes, events, and one-to-one therapy sessions.

The School of Life is a rapidly growing global brand, with over 7 million YouTube subscribers, 389,000 Facebook followers, 174,000 Instagram followers and 166,000 Twitter followers.

The School of Life Press brings together the thinking and ideas of the School of Life creative team under the direction of series editor, Alain de Botton. Their books share a coherent, curated message that speaks with one voice: calm, reassuring, and sane.