James T. Hansen

Meaning Systems and Mental Health Culture

Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Counseling and Psychotherapy. Sprachen: Englisch. 22,9 cm / 15,2 cm / 1,1 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9781498516327
56,00 €
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200 Seiten
Mai 2019
Lexington Books

Meaning Systems and Mental Health Culture critiques the objectification of clients and concomitant abandonment of meaning systems that characterize contemporary counseling and psychotherapy. Hansen provides a scholarly overview of trends in talk therapy through a cultural, historical, empirical, and philosophical examination of mental health care.

James T. Hansen

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Meaning Systems and Psychological Suffering Chapter 2: Conceptualizations of Meaning System Chapter 3: Meaning Systems and Mental Health Culture Chapter 4: Contemporary Culture and Objectification Chapter 5: Training for Talk Therapists Summary and Further Reflections References