The Plural Self: Multiplicity in Everyday Life / Edition 1

by John Rowan, Mick Cooper

Overview

'[This book's] fundamental thesis is a rather challenging one - the idea that the unified, singular "self ", which we all take for granted we possess, does not exist... fascinating and important... I will certainly revisit the book... when you're ready for a challenge, this book is certainly worth dipping into' - Counselling News

With the emergence of postmodern thinking, the notion of a unified, singular 'self' appears increasingly problematic. Yet for many, postmodernism's proclamation of 'the death of the subject' is equally problematic. As a response to this dilemma, there has been a rise of interest in pluralistic models of the 'self' in which the person is conceptualized as a multiplicity of subpersonalit

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761960751
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/23/1999
Series:	Clinical and Counseling Series
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mick Cooper is Professor of Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton and is a leading international authority in the fields of person-centred, experiential, existential and relational therapies. He is author and co-author of several SAGE books: the bestselling Working at Relational Depth in Counselling and Psychotherapy with Dave Mearns (2005), Existential Therapies (2003) and The Plural Self (1998). His new book with SAGE, Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling: Contributions to a Pluralistic Practice, published in 2015 accompanied by a companion website hosting bespoke video tutorials of key therapeutic skills.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Mick Cooper and John Rowan
Self-Plurality: The One and the Many
PART ONE: THEORY
The Normal Development of Subpersonalities - John Rowan
The Alter Ego and D[ac]ej[gr]a Vu Phenomena - James S Grotstein
Notes and Reflections
If You Can't Be Jekyll Be Hyde - Mick Cooper
An Existential-Phenomenological Perspective on Lived-Plurality
Life inside Dialogically Structured Mentalities - John Shotter
Bakhtin's and Volosinov's Account of Our Mental Activities as out in the World between Us
Postmodern Culture and the Plural Self - Leon Rappoport, Steve Baumgardner and George Boone
PART TWO: RESEARCH
The Polyphony of the Mind - Hubert J M Hermans
A Multivoiced and Dialogical Self
The Multiple Brain and the Unity of Experience - Brian Lancaster
Multiplicity in Cross-Cultural Perspective - Ruth-Inge Heinze
Individual Differences in Pluralism in Self-Structure - John Altrocchi
Subpersonalities and Multiple Personalities - Colin A Ross
A Dissociative Continuum?
PART THREE: PRACTICE
Facilitating the Expression of Subpersonalities - Mick Cooper and Helen Cruthers
A Review and Analysis of Techniques
The Doorway into the Inner Deeper World Is the Instant of Peak Feeling in the Scene of Strong Feeling - Alvin R Mahrer
The Internal Family Systems Model - Richard C Schwartz
Pathways between the Multiplicities of the Psyche and Culture - Mary Watkins
The Development of Dialogical Capacities