
Mastering the Art of Psychotherapy
The Principles Of Effective Psychological Change, Challenging the Boundaries of Self-Expression
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Mastering the Art of Psychotherapy is a complete manual on the practice of psychotherapy, principally designed to help clinical professionals and graduate students improve their diagnostic skills, develop treatment strategies, broaden therapeutic techniques, and further their understanding of the workings of the human psyche. William Symes has provided a mechanics manual for the personality, demonstrating how we form our identities, how and why trauma manifests itself, and how to learn the nature and master the dynamics of psychological energy. It focuses on how to diagnose and treat personality problems, but it also explores phenomena like the “shadow side” of falling in love and how to understand and analyze dreams. If you are currently in therapy or seek respite from psychological pain, or if you are ready to transform your life, improve your marriage and interpersonal relationships, advance your spiritual practice, or improve your self-expression, Symes has provided a treasure trove of useful information and techniques to better understand your personality.
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Invaluable and well organized information for therapeutic education purposes. Theories build upon themselves and are woven throughout the material.
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An encyclopedia of current psychological thinking
This book is about developing the courage to be true to our authentic selves and live a life in which the world makes sense and has purpose. Very easy and pleasant to listen to. The book allows you to skip around to find the interesting parts that speak to your own journey. From the 32 rules of energy in Chapter 7, to the challenges of Grief Work in Chapter 14, to Love's Shadow (falling in love and going "crazy") in Chapter 15, to Working with Dreams in Chapter 11 (which includes Waking Sleeping Beauty and the Wizard of Oz), to the Stages and Goals of Therapy in Chapter 10, plus how trauma works, how personality is built and transformed. Tons of information about psychological process. It includes the theories and insights of Carl Jung, Gestalt Therapy, Strategic Therapy, Mindfulness, Psychodynamics (psychological energy) and Object Relations (the importance of childhood relationships). An encyclopedia of current psychological thinking.
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