Authors: Lois Holzman (Editor), Rafael Mendez
ISBN-13: 9780415944052, ISBN-10: 0415944058
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: June 2003
Edition: New Edition
Psychological Investigations lets readers listen in on one of the most exciting developments in psychology today as it is unfolding. With the current trend in therapy reflecting a movement away from traditional psychology and towards more postmodern psychologies, social therapy, a psychotherapeutic approach developed by Fred Newman, emerges as a qualitatively new way of doing therapy. Social therapy blends philosophy, the arts, and political concerns into a group approach that focuses on improved social functioning.
Psychological Investigations provides insight into the revolutionary development of social therapyan improvisational, investigatory, development-focused method of treatment. Featuring dialogues drawn from transcripts of teaching and supervisory sessions between Newman and therapists, the book presents a comprehensive guide to the core philosophical and political issues of social therapy and the social therapeutic group process. Instead of introspection and insighttraditional means to self-realizationNewman and social therapy encourages activity, involvement and commitment to causes larger than the individual ego.
Foreword | ||
Preface | ||
Setting the Stage | 1 | |
Creating the Context: An Introduction | 13 | |
The Dialogues | 49 | |
Prelude: Dialogue 1. Therapy Is Like Writing a Song | 53 | |
Ch. 1 | The Core Issues of Social Therapeutic Practice | 57 |
Ch. 2 | The Social Therapeutic Group Process | 105 |
Ch. 3 | Developing the Social Therapeutic Relationship | 121 |
Ch. 4 | Therapeutic Challenges: People and Situations | 143 |
Ch. 5 | Social Therapy Integrated | 161 |
Ch. 6 | Social Therapy and Philosophy (and Politics) | 179 |
Epilogue: Therapists' Comments | 195 | |
App | Readings in Social Therapy and the Social Therapeutic Method | 203 |