Characterological Transformation: The Hard Work Miracle

Johnson Ph. D., Stephen M.

ISBN 10: 0393700011 / ISBN 13: 9780393700015

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1985

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Characterological Transformation: The Hard Work Miracle
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393700011
• ISBN 13: 9780393700015
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

“[H]ighly recommended as a uniquely sensitive and intelligent interpretation of the personal dynamics of character structure and the correlating contributions of ego psychology to these dynamics.” ―Robert M. Hilton, Ph.D., Co-director, Southern California Bioenergetics Society

This book integrates object relations theory, ego psychology, and character analytic approaches to provide a new understanding of human behavior and character development. In itself, this integration is a remarkably innovative undertaking, yielding a consistent, understandable and clinically useful view of psychopathology, therapy, and health.

Johnson uses an active treatment approach that draws upon all major schools of psychotherapeutic thought, choosing techniques that serve specific purposes and outlining changes in behavioral, affective, and cognitive domains that are necessary for lasting characterological change. Focusing on character pathology resulting from disorders in attachment, the book discusses etiology, characteristic affects, behaviors and cognitions, bodily expressions of character, and therapeutic objectives and techniques.

About the Author

Stephen M. Johnson, Ph.D., is a professor and chair of the faculty at Pacific Graduate School of Psychology in Menlo Park, California. He divides his time between clinical teaching and the private practice of psychotherapy in Menlo Park and San Francisco.