Research Catalog

Title

When boundaries betray us : beyond illusions of what is ethical in therapy and life / Carter Heyward.

Author

Heyward, Carter.

Publication

San Francisco, Calif. : HarperSanFrancisco, ©1993.

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Details

Description

xv, 256 pages; 22 cm

Summary

• "Traditional wisdom dictates that the values and codes governing psychotherapy are, if not self-evident, at least beyond question: therapy must be conducted in an atmosphere of detachment, objectivity, and strict separation of personal and professional agendas between patient and therapist. But what is the human cost of these values, and do they really contribute to healing?" "In When Boundaries Betray Us, feminist theologian and ethicist Carter Heyward delivers a lightning bolt reality check to this prevailing system of values. Drawing on her own traumatic experiences in therapy, Heyward exposes how the rigidly applied boundaries of the professional relationship can be fear-based, artificial constructs that stand in the way of true healing and our right-relation to one another as people. She shows how, in our hetero/sexist, patriarchal society, women especially must enter into healing on common ground, creating a mutually empowering experience for therapist and patient.".
• "Recounting her eighteen months in therapy in an engaging and honest narrative, Heyward chronicles the life of a turbulent relationship - from moments of deep personal discovery to a shared experience of spiritual connection to a growing hostility and an abrupt severing of relations. She clearly illustrates how the intermingling of personal experience and emotion between therapist and patient is both inevitable and essential to the development of a truly trustworthy relationship. And, conversely, she shows how traditional boundaries are merely a pretense and can in and of themselves lead to emotional and spiritual wounding." "In a controversial break with many other feminists over boundaries in therapy, Heyward calls for a new form of healing in community - within the nurturing, mutually beneficial framework of fully developed relationships involving mutual risk. And she steps back from her own experience to pinpoint ongoing issues of power, community, and liberation that dramatically affect our ability to heal." "When Boundaries Betray Us is both a personal story and a challenging vision of what true therapy - and true healing - can be. It is must reading for all therapists and religious professionals, for those in therapy, and for anyone who wants to find the way to true well-being."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Heyward, Carter
• Heyward, Carter
• Psychotherapy > Moral and ethical aspects > Case studies
• Psychotherapist and patient > Case studies
• Psychotherapy
• Physician and patient
• Psychotherapy
• Physician and patient
• Psychotherapist and patient
• Psychotherapy > Moral and ethical aspects
• Ethik
• Psychotherapie
• Psychotherapie
• Beroepsethiek
• Psychotherapeut-cliënt-relatie
• Physician-Patient Relations
• Ethics, Medical

Genre/Form

• Case studies
• Case studies.
• Dust jackets (Binding)
• Études de cas.
• Case Reports

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256).

Contents

Foreword / Janet L. Surrey -- Pt. 1. Wounding in Therapy -- February to September 1987: Remembering Sophie -- September 1987 to January 1988: Yearning to Be-friend -- January to May 1988: Remembering the Violence -- June to September 1988: Leaving to Survive -- Pt. 2. Tapestry of Healing -- First Pattern: Voice -- Second Pattern: Mutuality -- Third Pattern: Earthcreature -- Fourth Pattern: Compassion -- Fifth Pattern: Ambiguity -- Pt. 3. Some Ongoing Issues -- Responses -- Miriam Greenspan: On Professionalism -- Beverly W. Harrison -- Peggy Hanley-Hackenbruck -- Susan Demattos -- Jim Lassen-Willems. Appendix: Compassionate Re-membering: Spirituality, Sanity, and Morality in a Dismembered World.

ISBN

• 0060638958
• 9780060638955
• 0060638966
• 9780060638962

LCCN

92054536

OCLC

• ocm27976799
• 27976799
• SCSB-2063415

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library