Secrets in Psychotherapy - Stories That Inform Clinical Work

This book brings together contemporary perspectives from psychodynamic treatment, advances in cognitive science, medicine, and neuroscience in a user-friendly format to guide the beginning to more advanced practitioner in working with secrets that emerge during psychotherapy.

List of contents

Introduction 1. The Power of Secrets 2. The Burden of Secrecy 3. The Afterlife of a Double Life 4. Discovering, Phantoms and Ghosts 5. Somatic Countertransference 6. The Complicated Ethics of Concealment 7. Hidden Talents and Abilities Epilogue

About the author

Kathryn Zerbe, MD, FABP, is a Training and Supervising Analyst, Oregon Psychoanalytic Center, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Sciences University. She practices in Portland, OR.

Summary

This book brings together contemporary perspectives from psychodynamic treatment, advances in cognitive science, medicine, and neuroscience in a user-friendly format to guide the beginning to more advanced practitioner in working with secrets that emerge during psychotherapy.

Product details

• Authors: Kathryn Zerbe
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032749303
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3274930-3
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Psychotherapy, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis