Genes on the Couch (eBook, PDF)

Explorations in Evolutionary Psychotherapy
Redaktion: Gilbert, Paul; Bailey, Kent G.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Philosophers and therapists have long theorised about how psychological mechanisms for love, jealousy, anxiety, depression and many other human characteristics may have evolved over millions of years. In the dawn of the new insights on evolution, provided by Darwin's theories of natural selection, Freud, Jung and Klein sought to identify and understand human motives, emotions and information processing as functions deeply-rooted in our evolved history. Despite this promising start and major developments in modern evolutionary psychology, anthropology and sociobiology, the last fifty years has seen little in the way of therapies derived from an evolutionary understanding of human psychology. The contributors to this timely book illuminate how an evolution focused approach to psychopathology can offer new insights for different schools of therapy and provide a rationale for therapeutic integration.
Genes on the Couch brings together respected clinicians who have integrated evolutionary insights into their case conceptualisations and therapeutic interventions. Various psychotherapy schools are represented, and each author provides illustrative examples of the interventions used. Specific topics addressed include the nature of evolved mental mechanisms; regulation/dysregulation of internal processes; attachment and kinship in therapy; the importance of internalising warmth as a therapeutic goal; kin selection and incest avoidance; co-operation and deception in social relations; difficulties in working with certain male clients; gender differences in therapy and the roles of shame and guilt in treatment.
Providing up-to-date summaries of recent thinking in this increasing important but diverse area, Genes on the Couch will be of interest to psychotherapists, psychiatrists and a wide range of mental health professionals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317711148
• Artikelnr.: 41213204

Autorenporträt

Paul Gilbert, Kent G. Bailey

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Theory and Principles.Gilbert
Bailey
McGuire
Evolutionary Psychotherapy: Why it Matters. Troisi
McGuire
Psychotherapy in the Context of Darwinian Psychiatry. Bailey
Evolution
Kinship
and Psychotherapy: Promoting Psychological Health Through Human Relationships. Part II: Evolutionary Psychotherapies.Kriegman
Evolutionary Psychoanalysis: Toward an Adaptive
Biological Perspective on the Clinical Progress in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Stevens
Jungian Analysis and Evolutionary Psychotherapy: An Integrative Approach. Gilbert
Social Mentalities: Internal "Social" Conflicts and the Role of Inner Warmth and Compassion in Cognitive Therapy. Allen
Gilbert
Social Intelligence
Self Deception
and Vulnerability to Psychotherapy: A Challenge for the Cognitive Therapies? Glantz
Moehl
Reluctant Males: Evolutionary Perspectives on Male Psychology in Couples Therapy. Ragsin
McGuire
Troisi
Gender and Psychotherapy - An Evolutionary Role. Part III: Special Issues.Erickson
Incest. Liotti
Disorganized Attachment: Models of Borderline States in Evolutionary Psychotherapy. Sloman
The Syndrome of Rejection Sensitivity. O'Connor
Pathogenic Beliefs and Guilt in Human Evolution: Implications for Psychotherapy. Harder
Greenwald
Shame. Part IV: Overview and Concluding Comments. Bailey
Gilbert
Evolutionary Psychotherapy: Where to from Here?