From Philosophy to Psychotherapy: A Phenomenological Model for Psychology, Psychiatry, and Psychoanalysis

Edwin L. Hersch

Published by University of Toronto Press 2003

From Philosophy to Psychotherapy

A Phenomenological Model for Psychology, Psychiatry, and Psychoanalysis

Edwin L. Hersch

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442675094

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About this book

The scope of the book cuts across a variety of theoretical and professional disciplinary approaches within the broad psychological field in demonstrating the relevance of certain philosophical issues for all of them.

Author / Editor information

Hersch Edwin L. :

Edwin L. Hersch is a psychiatrist/psychotherapist in private practice.

Reviews

Leo Mos:

'This is an engaging, academically respectable, and practically useful text. The author affirms the relevance of philosophy in our intellectual and caring understanding of persons. He undermines the idea that eclecticism in the helping professions is not without its foundations, and that the foundations he discerns make all the difference in how we care for ourselves and others. Psychotherapy is no merely technology; it is how we find ourselves in life.'

Doris Brothers:

'[An] ambitious, comprehensive, innovative, and scholarly work ... I know of no other book that not only advances a psychotherapeutic model based on phenomenology, but so beautifully introduces psychotherapists to the value of understanding the philosophical underpinnings of their work.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Tables, Charts, Figures, and Diagrams Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
1.‘Know Thy Philosophical Self’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I. Ontology: The Groundwork and Foundation
2. Ontology (Level A): The Question of Reality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. Ontology (Level B): Our Basic Position or Relation to Reality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
Part II. General Epistemology: The Framework and Infrastructure
4. General Epistemology (Level C): The Question of Knowledge in General Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
5. Validity (Level D): How Do We Validate or Assign Truth-Value to What We Know? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
Part III. Field-Specific Epistemology: The Basic Layout and Design
6. Field-Specific Epistemology (Level E): The Nature and Limits of Knowledge within a Specific Field or Discipline Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
7. Field-Specific Validity (Level F): How Do We Validate What We Know in ‘the Psychotherapy Situation’? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Part IV. Psychology: The ‘Finished’ Living and Working Areas
8. Psychology (Level G), Part One: The General Context of Human Experience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
9. Psychology (Level G), Part Two: Psychotherapy and Encounters in the Purple Zone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
10. Psychology (Level G), Part Three: The Beams-of-Light-through- Time Model Applied to a Clinical Case, and a New Approach to the Mental Status Examination Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
11. Psychology (Level G), Part Four: Examining Our Philosophical Differences in the Psychological Field Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
Philosophy is Unavoidable Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	351
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	383

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 438

eBook

Published: July 9, 2003
ISBN: 9781442675094