Dancing between hope and despair : trauma, attachment and the therapeutic relationship /

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Author / Creator:	Wright, Sue (Integrative psychotherapist), author.
Imprint:	London : This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature, 2016.
Description:	xiii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Hope. Despair. Attitude (Psychology) Attitude (Psychology) Despair. Hope.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11342451

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ISBN:	9781137441232 1137441232
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
Summary:	Drawing on a broad range of theoretical perspectives and illustrated by a wealth of case studies and first-hand experiences, the book brings a sharp focus to the ways in which therapeutic relationships can draw individuals out of the constant oscillation between light and dark. It provides an insightful and thoughtful discussion not just about despair itself, but about how to be with despair: about how practitioners can help clients turn towards the experiences of emotional pain, and stand with them in the face of it.

Table of Contents:

Introducing the dance
Desperately seeking the 'happy ever after': some theoretical perspectives on hope
Hoping, imagining and dreaming: an evolutionary perspective
Our need for hope and its roots in childhood
The impact of trauma as a hope destroyer across the life-cycle
When hoping keeps people alive: non-mentalised states and the need for illusions
Despair, dissociation and shifting self-states
Systemic perspectives: our responses to getting stuck in cycles of hope and despair
Working with hopelessness from a relational perspective
Finding new perspectives
Moving into hope: new meanings and new experiences.

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