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Psychotherapy and the quest for happiness
- Title
- Psychotherapy and the quest for happiness / Emmy van Deurzen.
- Author
- Van Deurzen, Emmy.
- Publication
- Los Angeles : SAGE, 2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RC437.5 .V362 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 182 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- The author addresses the controversial subject of the moral role of psychotherapists. She asks searching questions about the meaning of life, seeking to define what a good life consists of and how therapists might help their clients to live well rather than living simply in search of happiness.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-180) and index.
- Contents
- Opening Pandora's box: values and beliefs in psychotherapy -- Good life: philosophy as a guide to therapy -- Positive psychotherapy: a science of well being -- Predictable difficulties: everyday challenges -- Life crisis: triumph over trauma -- Speech is silver and silence golden: feelings remain unspoken -- Meaning of being: beyond the quest for happiness.
- ISBN
- 9780761944102
- 0761944109
- 9780761944119
- 0761944117
- LCCN
- 2008925338
- OCLC
- ocn137313286
- 137313286
- SCSB-9768003
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library