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Literature and therapy : a systemic view / Liz Burns.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Karnac, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 174 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780429915727
  • 0429915721
  • 9781849408080
  • 1849408084
  • 1282779575
  • 9781282779570
  • 9786612779572
  • 6612779578
  • 0429476728
  • 9780429476723
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Literature and therapyDDC classification:
  • 028.9 22
LOC classification:
  • BF175
NLM classification:
  • 2009 F-377
  • WM 450.5.B5
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : a journey of discovery -- Starting out with literature -- Practising with literature -- Living with metaphor -- Becoming a therapist : putting theory into practice and practice into theory -- Enquiry : a valuable tool for mountaineers -- Reading and writing -- Destinations and endings.
Summary: "Literature and Therapy: A Systemic View" is an invitation to the world of literature, drawing us into the creative and imaginative spaces which lie between readers and their choice of novels, plays and poems. In this world, the fundamental importance of emotion and intuition is recognised, as is the power of literature to promote transformations of meaning in every day life and in therapeutic practice. Its potential to contribute depth and diversity to therapists' personal/professional development is explored via literary reflections and qualitative research findings. Liz Burns defines the te.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-141) and index.

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Introduction : a journey of discovery -- Starting out with literature -- Practising with literature -- Living with metaphor -- Becoming a therapist : putting theory into practice and practice into theory -- Enquiry : a valuable tool for mountaineers -- Reading and writing -- Destinations and endings.

"Literature and Therapy: A Systemic View" is an invitation to the world of literature, drawing us into the creative and imaginative spaces which lie between readers and their choice of novels, plays and poems. In this world, the fundamental importance of emotion and intuition is recognised, as is the power of literature to promote transformations of meaning in every day life and in therapeutic practice. Its potential to contribute depth and diversity to therapists' personal/professional development is explored via literary reflections and qualitative research findings. Liz Burns defines the te.

English.

OCLC control number change - WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 072

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