- Hardcover: 240 pages
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (9 April 2010)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0230237614
- ISBN-13: 978-0230237612
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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'This book shows how Wittgenstein's therapeutic method can be applied to psychotherapy. An original endeavour which may well break new ground ... a work that psychologists, psychotherapists and psychoanalysts will want to read.' - Dr Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, University of Hertfordshire, UK
'...a devilishly complex and sophisticated book...' - The Philadelphia Association
'...a devilishly complex and sophisticated book...' - The Philadelphia Association
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One of Freud's central claims is that our words and actions reveal unrecognised confusions lying at the heart of our relationships with others and the world. Taking Freud at his word and sharing his view of the importance of the 'talking cure', this book demonstrates how the language of Freud and his followers is often so confused as to be therapeutically useless.
Drawing primarily on the work of Wittgenstein, John Heaton offers a radically different understanding of the 'talking cure' that engages with the problem of language itself, and its capacity to bewitch both patient and therapist. It holds great importance for therapists of all persuasions who try to make sense of what happens when two people meet to unravel a problem that one of them brings, but is framed within words that may ensnare both participants equally.
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What kind of truth can psychiatric experts know about their patients? Scientific theory can be learned from reading books, so why is that therapists need to talk to their patients? Why can't they simply point people to the most relevant papers? This excellent book explains Wittgenstein's therapeutic approach to language, with a particular focus on the way that classical psychiatry has failed to understand the relevance and importance of Wittgenstein's ideas. Highly recommended for anyone involved in psychiatry or psychotherapy, or for students of the philosophy of mind.
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