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This book is for those interested in providing psychotherapy and counselling for young adults, and those who wish to bring a therapeutic sensibility to working with this client group.
List of contents
Introduction - toxic young adulthood: therapy and therapeutic ethos 1. The time it takes; How do we understand personal growth in an age of instant solutions? 2. Training for counselling young people - What is added by a child and adolescent specialism? 3. The narratives of parental alienation 4. What differend do you make? An imaginary phenomenology of working with a young adult 5. Finishing school, fishing and flourishing: Appetite, engagement and compliance in Daoism, Existentialism and Psychoanalysis 6. The golden cage 7. How might a therapeutic ethos serve young adults? - A commentary 8. Young adulthood, well-being and a therapeutic ethos: a case for therapeutic education
About the author
Del Loewenthal is an emeritus professor of Psychotherapy and Counselling at the University of Roehampton, UK, and is the chair of the Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling (SAFPAC), London, UK. He is an existential-analytic psychotherapist, and a chartered psychologist, with a particular interest in phenomenology. His books include
Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling after Postmodernism (Routledge 2017). www.delloewenthal.com; www.safpac.co.uk
Summary
This book is for those interested in providing psychotherapy and counselling for young adults, and those who wish to bring a therapeutic sensibility to working with this client group.
