1st Edition

Embodied Relating The Ground of Psychotherapy

By Nick Totton Copyright 2015
    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    272 Pages
    by Routledge

    In this book, the author argues and demonstrates that embodiment and relationship are inseparable, both in human existence and in the practice of psychotherapy. It is helpful for psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, counsellor, or other psychopractitioner.

    A Note on Style -- Introduction -- What is embodiment? -- Embodiment and environment -- Embodied relating -- Practising embodied relating -- The Story So Far, -- Embodied relating in its social context -- Being, having, and becoming bodies -- Character as embodied relating -- The Story So Far, 2 -- Therapy as play -- Full and empty speech -- Embodied trauma and complexity -- The Story So Far, 3 -- Therapy grounded in embodied relating -- Embodied connectedness -- Conclusion

    Biography

    Totton, Nick