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The empathic healer an endangered species? / Michael J. Bennett.
| Author/creator | Bennett, Michael J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, |
| Description | xxiv, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBook - Psychology pre-2007 |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Practical resources for the mental health professional |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: 1 The Health Care System Has Lost its Heart -- Introduction -- Managed Health Care -- From Physician-Healer to Physician-Scientist -- A Working Definition of Clinical Empathy -- Empathy from 10,000 Feet -- Empathy and the Arts -- The Evolving Health Care System -- Outline of the Book -- Clinical Empathy: Reform or Relic? -- References 2 The History of Empathy in Mental Health Care -- Origins: Feeling into a Work of Art -- Empathy as a Therapeutic Strategy -- Empathy and Experiential Healing -- Conclusions -- References -- 3 Empathy and the Listening Healer -- Listening and Reciprocity -- Conclusions -- References 4 Empathy: Facilitators and Barriers -- Sympathy and Empathy -- The Patient -- The Therapist -- Conclusions -- References 5 Empathy and Ideology -- The Greeks Had a Word for It -- Dualism and Mental Illness -- Monism: The Dominance of Brain -- Monism: The Dominance of Mind -- The Pendulum Swings Again -- Converging Trends -- Conclusions -- References 6 Empathy and the Brain -- Psychosomatics -- Neo-Darwinism and Genetic Plasticity -- Genetic Plasticity and Empathy -- From Circuits to Brain Maps -- Empathy and the Biology of Memory -- Consciousness: Is It Overrated? -- Conclusions -- References 7 Treaters and Healers -- The Empathic Treater -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 Empathy and the Focus of Psychotherapy -- Psychotherapy in Organized Systems of Care -- The Concept of a Focus in Psychotherapy -- Focus and Complex Disorders -- Finding the Focus: The Importance of a Formulation -- Focus and Brevity -- Formulation and Clinical Ideology -- The Science of Formulation -- Conclusions -- References 9 Focal Psychotherapy -- The Process of Assessment -- Why Now? -- What Now? -- What Impasse Must Be Overcome? -- What Next? -- Conclusions: Empathy and Focal Psychotherapy -- References 10 Empathy Redux -- Features of the Healing Environment -- Marriage and the Healing Environment -- The Interpersonal Environment and the Immune System -- Healing in a Technological Era -- Virtual Empathy -- Preserving an Endangered Species -- Empathy Redux -- References. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 00111402 |
| ISBN | 0120886626 (alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |