Language and connection in psychotherapy : words matter

Language and connection in psychotherapy : words matter / Mary Davis, MD.

Language and Connection in Psychotherapy: Words Matter explores the role of language in interpersonal and intrapsychic life, looking at how it can support as well as interfere with our ability to function in a social environment. The ways in which language can be used and enhanced to foster change w...

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Main Author: Davis, Mary, 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Jason Aronson, [2013]
Subjects:
Psychotherapist and patient.
Psychotherapy > Language.
Language and languages.
Physician and patient.
languages (study discipline)
language (general communication)
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Physician and patient
Language and languages
Psychotherapist and patient
Psychotherapy > Language
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Table of Contents:
  • The language of color and hope
  • Bringing meaning to words in psychotherapy
  • Function follows form
  • Bridging the gap : language and relational distance
  • Normal language development
  • Interferences with normal language development
  • Speaking the unspeakable : language and trauma
  • Saying the unsayable: how we say what there are no words for
  • Why (and how) do words matter?

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