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Book Description: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States, 2001. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 229 x 152 mm. Brand New Book with Free Worldwide Delivery. Empathy has long been regarded as central to the art of medicine and especially to the practice of psychotherapy. The ability of a therapist to appreciate the patient's state of mind and frame of reference is the foundation of a therapeutic alliance and key to the process of healing. However, these subjective aspects of practice are rendered suspect by today's emphasis on objectivity: formal diagnosis, with biological treatments, and standardized methodologies that appear to be aimed more at disease than at the person who suffers from it. Pressured by the practice climate and by the advances of science, practitioners have become treatment specialists and the empathic healer has become an endangered species. In this book, the author establishes a new foundation for the use and value of clinical empathy that is based on a distinction between treatment and healing and a model for using psychotherapy as a component of an organized system of care: focused, attuned to the patient's presenting motive, and consistent with our understanding of the relationship between mind and brain.Practicing mental health professionals and students find the rationale for assessment and treatment planning in "The Empathic Healer" an invaluable aide as they seek to adapt to the marvelous discoveries about how the brain shapes and recovers from mental disorder, and how an empathic environment fosters recovery and healing within and beyond the treatment setting. It establishes the historical roots of the concept of clinical empathy and its relationship to healing, and elaborates the ideological and environmental factors that enhance or interfere with empathy. It explores the biological importance of empathy as a feature of the normal human brain and argues for the integration of mind and brain in a new dualism. It presents a vision of psychotherapy as an important component of an organized system of care and differentiates between the treating and healing functions, and suggests how each relies on empathy. It suggests how an endangered species may be preserved in the present technological era. Bookseller Inventory # AA59780120886623

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Book Description: ACADEMIC PR INC 01/04/2012, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New print on demand book. Shipped from US. This item is printed on demand. Bookseller Inventory # IJ-9780120886623

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Book Description: Academic Pr, 2001. Hardcover. Book Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 260 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches. In Stock. Bookseller Inventory # __0120886626

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Book Description: Elsevier Science, 2001. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 9.02 by 5.98 inches. (260 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. Empathy has long been regarded as central to the art of medicine and especially to the practice of psychotherapy. The ability of a therapist to appreciate the patient's state of mind and frame of reference is the foundation of a therapeutic alliance and key to the process of healing. However, these subjective aspects of practice are rendered suspect by today's emphasis on objectivity: formal diagnosis, with biological treatments, and standardized methodologies that appear to be aimed more at disease than at the person who suffers from it. Pressured by the practice climate and by the advances of science, practitioners have become treatment specialists and the empathic healer has become an endangered species. In this book, the author establishes a new foundation for the use and value of clinical empathy that is based on a distinction between treatment and healing and a model for using psychotherapy as a component of an organized system of care: focused, attuned to the patient's presenting motive, and consistent with our understanding of the relationship between mind and brain. Practicing mental health professionals and students find the rationale for assessment and treatment planning in The Empathic Healer an invaluable aide as they seek to adapt to the marvelous discoveries about how the brain shapes and recovers from mental disorder, and how an empathic environment fosters recovery and healing within and beyond the treatment setting Key Features * Establishes the historical roots of the concept of clinical empathy and its relationship to healing * Elaborates the ideological and environmental factors that enhance or interfere with empathy * Explores the biological importance of empathy as a feature of the normal human brain * Argues for the integration of mind and brain in a new dualism * Presents a vision of psychotherapy as an important component of an organized system of care * Differentiates between the treating and healing functions, and suggests how each relies on empathy * Suggests how an endangered species may be preserved in the present technological eraThe Health Care System Has Lost its Heart. The History of Empathy in Mental Health Care. Empathy and the Listening Healer. Empathy: Facilitators and Barriers. Empathy and Ideology. Empathy and the Brain. Treaters and Healers. Empathy and the Focus of Psychotherapy. Focal Psychotherapy. Empathy Redux. Bibliography. Index. .Bennett broadens our understanding of the dimensions of empathy as it has been referred to historically and across related scientific fields. In an interesting and erudite way, he gives the clinician historical grounding in the aesthetic origin of the concept of empathy all the way to the current linkage to recent biological research. In doing so, he makes a greater case for the importance of the empathic healer. The beginning therapist, whether social worker, psychologist, or pychiatrist, will find this book useful in providing a very basic foundation to conducting therapy and enriching their identities as therapist and healer. Bennett brings us back to the fundamentals of how to provide an effective, humane therapy experience for our clients, whatever length the therapy will be. he advises the therapist to collaborate with significant people who would potentiate the healing process and to assist in enriching the patient's healing environment. therapists will appreciate that his approach. can be easily adapted to one's current style. -CONTEMPORARY PSYCHOLOGY The Empathic Healer: An Endangered Species? offers a wide-ranging exploration of the concept of empathy along iwth a vigorous advocacy of empathy as a possible healing poultice to soothe both the fractures between biologic and psychotherapeutic approaches to mental disorders and the many fissures in the current confucsion of health care systems. This is a rich book. The Empathic Healer is well org. Bookseller Inventory # AD0120886626

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Book Description: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc. Hardback. Book Condition: new. BRAND NEW PRINT ON DEMAND., The Empathic Healer: An Endangered Species?, Michael Bennett, Establishes a foundation for the use and value of clinical empathy that is based on a distinction between treatment and healing and a model for using psychotherapy as a component of an organized system of care: focused, attuned to the patient's presenting motive, and consistent with our understanding of the relationship between mind and brain. Bookseller Inventory # B9780120886623

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Book Description: ACADEMIC PR INC 01/05/2012, 2012. Hardback. Book Condition: New. New print on demand book. Shipped from US. This item is printed on demand. Bookseller Inventory # IO-9780120886623

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Book Description: Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 161mm x 23mm x 234mm. Print on Demand 260 pages. 0.544. Bookseller Inventory # 9780120886623

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Book Description: Academic Press, 2012. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. 9.2 by 6 inches. (00260 pages) This item is printed on demand. Please allow up to 10 days extra for printing & delivery. {Publisher's Publication Date = 2001-04-27 00:00:00} [ships from USA takes 8-14 days to Europe] illustrated Lang=English accessory:NO ACCESSORY (Hardcover ). Bookseller Inventory # AF0120886626

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