Human Goodness : Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications.
Akhtar, Salman.
Human Goodness : Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (139 pages) - Margaret S. Mahler Series . - Margaret S. Mahler Series .
Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Human Goodness -- Do Psychoanalysts Know What's Good for Them? If So, Why are They Always Arguing about It? If Not, How Do They (and We) Know What's Good for Us? -- On Human Goodness -- A Therapist's Maternal Altruism -- The Altruistic Omnipotent Mother -- Kindness, Altruism and Forgiveness -- Some Unconscious Variables at Play in Human Goodness -- In Favor of Good and Bad Objects -- References -- Index -- Contributors.
Each human heart possesses positive attributes such as altruism, kindness, concern, gratitude, and forgiveness. Human Goodness explores the origins of these traits through the use of clinical vignettes to help mental health professionals see their clients in refreshingly new ways.
9781442244245
Altruism.
Kindness.
Forgiveness.
Helping behavior.
Electronic books.
BF637.H4 H858 2014
155.2/32
Human Goodness : Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (139 pages) - Margaret S. Mahler Series . - Margaret S. Mahler Series .
Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Human Goodness -- Do Psychoanalysts Know What's Good for Them? If So, Why are They Always Arguing about It? If Not, How Do They (and We) Know What's Good for Us? -- On Human Goodness -- A Therapist's Maternal Altruism -- The Altruistic Omnipotent Mother -- Kindness, Altruism and Forgiveness -- Some Unconscious Variables at Play in Human Goodness -- In Favor of Good and Bad Objects -- References -- Index -- Contributors.
Each human heart possesses positive attributes such as altruism, kindness, concern, gratitude, and forgiveness. Human Goodness explores the origins of these traits through the use of clinical vignettes to help mental health professionals see their clients in refreshingly new ways.
9781442244245
Altruism.
Kindness.
Forgiveness.
Helping behavior.
Electronic books.
BF637.H4 H858 2014
155.2/32