Dancing between Hope and Despair
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Dancing between Hope and Despair

Trauma, Attachment and the Therapeutic Relationship

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  2. English
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Dancing between Hope and Despair

Trauma, Attachment and the Therapeutic Relationship

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About This Book

Why is hope so fundamental to our existence? Hope is increasingly being acknowledged as an important factor both for people's resilience and for positive therapeutic outcomes. In considering this and many other questions, this evocative textbook introduces the reader to the repeated shifting, or 'dance', between hope and despair that is so often encountered by practitioners working with profoundly traumatised individuals. This book brings a sharp focus to the ways in which therapeutic relationships can draw individuals out of the constant oscillation between light and dark. It provides an insightful and thoughtful discussion not just about despair itself, but about how to be with despair. Informed by the author's own years of experience in the field of psychotherapy, this engaging and stimulating book provides practical guidance on how students, trainees and practitioners can inspire fresh hope in deeply troubled clients.

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Publisher
Red Globe Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9781137441249
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Psychotherapy
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures and Tables
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. 1 Introducing the Dance
  7. 2 Desperately Seeking the ‘Happy Ever After’: Some Theoretical Perspectives on Hope
  8. 3 Hoping, Imagining and Dreaming: An Evolutionary Perspective
  9. 4 Our Need for Hope and its Roots in Childhood
  10. 5 The Impact of Trauma as a Hope Destroyer Across the Life-Cycle
  11. 6 When Hoping Keeps People Alive: ­Non-Mentalised States and the Need for Illusions
  12. 7 Despair, Dissociation and Shifting Self-States
  13. 8 Systemic Perspectives: Our Responses to Getting Stuck in Cycles of Hope and Despair
  14. 9 Working with Hopelessness from a Relational Perspective
  15. 10 Finding New Perspectives
  16. 11 Moving into Hope: New Meanings and New Experiences
  17. Bibliography
  18. Index