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Human Goodness: Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications
Human Goodness: Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications focuses on the positive attributes that exist in each human heart. In this volume eight distinguished clinicians elucidate the notion of human goodness and devote their attention to subjects including altruism, kindness, concern, gratitude, and forgiveness. The origins of these valuable traits in the crucible of childhood experience are fleshed out and the therapeutic relevance of these ideas is illustrated with numerous clinical vignettes. As a result, this exceptional, tightly edited book is replete with material leading mental health professionals to see their clients in fresh and increasingly helpful ways.
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Human Goodness: Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications
Human Goodness: Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications focuses on the positive attributes that exist in each human heart. In this volume eight distinguished clinicians elucidate the notion of human goodness and devote their attention to subjects including altruism, kindness, concern, gratitude, and forgiveness. The origins of these valuable traits in the crucible of childhood experience are fleshed out and the therapeutic relevance of these ideas is illustrated with numerous clinical vignettes. As a result, this exceptional, tightly edited book is replete with material leading mental health professionals to see their clients in fresh and increasingly helpful ways.
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Human Goodness: Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications

Overview

Human Goodness: Origins, Manifestations, and Clinical Implications focuses on the positive attributes that exist in each human heart. In this volume eight distinguished clinicians elucidate the notion of human goodness and devote their attention to subjects including altruism, kindness, concern, gratitude, and forgiveness. The origins of these valuable traits in the crucible of childhood experience are fleshed out and the therapeutic relevance of these ideas is illustrated with numerous clinical vignettes. As a result, this exceptional, tightly edited book is replete with material leading mental health professionals to see their clients in fresh and increasingly helpful ways.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781442244245
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 11/05/2014
Series: Margaret S. Mahler
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 154
File size: 599 KB

About the Author

Salman Akhtar, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1Human Goodness: An Introductory Overview
Salman Akhtar, MD
Chapter 2Do Psychoanalysts Know What’s Good for Them? If So, Why Are They Always Arguing about It? If Not, How Do They (And We) Know What’s Good for Us?
Elio Frattaroli, MD
Chapter 3On Human Goodness: Origins and Limitations
Lawrence Blum, MD
Chapter 4A Therapist’s Maternal Altruism
Beth Seelig, MD
Chapter 5The Altruistic Omnipotent Mother: A Dangerous Myth
Ann Smolen, PhD
Chapter 6Kindness, Altruism and Forgiveness: Three Facets of Healthy Human Relatedness
Shahrzad Siassi, PhD
Chapter 7Some Unconscious Variables at Play in Human Goodness
Jodi Brown, MD
Chapter 8In Favor of Good and Bad Objects: A Concluding Commentary
Andrew Smolar, MD
References
Index
About the Editors and Contributors
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