A Healing Conversation
A Healing Conversation: How Healing Happens Neville Symington,
Publisher: Karnac Books
ISBN: 1855753596
DDC: 150.1952
Edition: Paperback; 2006-06
Summary:
* How is it that someone who has a problem is able to resolve it
through conversation with another?* By the author of several classics
in psychoanalysis* Written for patients and analysts alike In this
essential new volume, Neville Symington, a highly respected
psychoanalyst and author, considers why someone who has a problem is
able to resolve it through conversation. The disciplines of
psychoanalysis and psychotherapy are based upon the assumption that
it is possible to resolve ones troubles in this manner. Combining his
own substantial experience in psychoanalysis with rigorous academic
research, Symington reminds us that psychoanalysis constitutes not
just an intellectual effort but an emotional transformation
facilitated through healing conversation.As a psychoanalyst, he seeks
to illuminate the complexity and the sometimes painful ambiguity of
human experience. He aims to avoid oversimplification, quick
judgment, or reliance on established meta-narratives. The book
therefore maintains a dialectical approach to its subject, continuing
to raise questions and motivate further investigation.Written in an
engaging style drawing on cultural, literary, and clinical sources,
Symington moves from the broad themes of emotion, communication, and
representation to the depth of clinical case studies. Though written
specifically with psychoanalysts in mind, A Healing Conversation is a
work that will appeal to many, not only those with an interest in
this field.
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