Ultimacy and Triviality in Psychotherapy.

Cover -- Ultimacy and Triviality in Psychotherapy -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART I Theoretical Incoherence -- CHAPTER 1 Critical Reflections on Psychopharmacology -- PROFESSIONAL CONSIDERATIONS -- THE PHYSICAL AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL -- KRAMER'S POSITION -- MEDICATION AS PROVOKING INTERPRETATION -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 2 Neurons and Narratives -- THE TWO DISCOURSES OF PSYCHOLOGY -- FROM TRAUMA THERAPY -- FROM PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 3 Exploring Theoretical Incoherence -- DRUGS: A THEORETICAL VACUUM -- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HUMAN EFFORT -- BEING ILL AS A SOCIAL FACT -- PSYCHOLOGY STRUGGLES WITH RECOVERED MEMORIES -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 4 Wider Echoes of the Incoherence -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PROBLEM OF THE INSANITY PLEA -- THE PROBLEM OF DIAGNOSIS -- FINANCING PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT -- THE PROBLEM OF BEING A CITIZEN -- THE PROBLEM BEHIND THE PROBLEMS -- NOTES -- PART II Ultimacy and Triviality -- Preface to Part II -- CHAPTER 5 Narrative, Coherence, and Ultimacy -- POWER AND PSYCHOTHERAPY -- THE CASE OF ROB -- THEORY -- THERAPY -- THE CREATION OF COHERENCE -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 6 Discourse, Therapy, and Science -- DISCOURSE ANALYSIS AS PSYCHOTHERAPY -- A COMPARISON -- WHAT CAN SCIENCE OFFER PSYCHOTHERAPY? -- HOW DOES PSYCHOTHERAPY WORK? -- WHAT CAN PSYCHOTHERAPY OFFER SCIENCE? -- SCIENCE AND DISCOURSE -- SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 7 Trivialization, Ultimacy, and Discourse -- A TRIVIALIZATION OF ULTIMACY -- THE DISCOURSE OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY -- POWER AND KNOWLEDGE IN POSTMODERN THEORY -- Modern Expertise as Power -- Critique of Psychiatry -- AN IRONY -- SUMMARY -- NOTES -- CHAPTER 8 Triviality and Ultimacy in Therapy -- ULTIMACY IN THERAPY -- COHERENCE AND ANXIETY -- SELF-RESPECT AND GUILT -- ULTIMACY IN PRACTICE -- WHAT DO THE HELPING PROFESSIONS HELP WITH?.

RETURN TO ULTIMACY -- NOTES -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Author.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.