Healing symbols in psychotherapy : a ritual approach / Erik D. Goodwyn.
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TextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2016.Description: viii, 231 pages ; 23 cmISBN: - 9781138120280
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- 1138120286
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- 203.8 GOO
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Ritual scholars note that rituals have powerful psychological, social and even biological effects, but these findings have not yet been integrated into the practice of psychotherapy and psychiatry. In Healing Symbols in Psychotherapy Erik D. Goodwyn attempts to rectify this by reviewing the most pertinent work done in the area of ritual study and applying it to the practice of psychotherapy and psychiatry, providing a new framework with which to approach therapy. The book combines ritual study with depth psychology, placebo study, biogenetic structuralism and cognitive anthropology to create a model of interdisciplinary psychology.
Goodwyn uses examples of rituals from history, folklore and cross-cultural study and uncovers the universal themes embedded within them as well as their psychological functions. As ritual scholars show time and again how Western culture and medicine is 'ritually impoverished' the application of ritual themes to therapy yields many new avenues for healing. The interdisciplinary model used here suggests new ways to approach problems with basic identity, complicated grief, anxiety, depression meaninglessness and a host of other problems encountered in clinical work.
The interdisciplinary approach of this accessibly-written book will appeal to psychotherapists, psychiatrists and Jungian analysts as well as those in training and readers with an interest in the science behind ritual.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I. Foundations -- The study of ritual-depth psychology and interpretive anthropology -- The interdisciplinary approach to ritual -- Part II. The dynamic interdisciplinary approach -- Biological-mind/body interactions -- Cognitive-cognitive anthropology and psychological resonance -- Psychodynamic-projection, narrative, meaningful coincidence and dissociation -- Cultural-structures and functions -- Part III. Applications -- Magical inscriptions -- Healing rituals -- Transitional rituals -- Death -- Part IV. Conclusions -- The technology of ritual and the ritual expert -- Summary.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part I Foundations (p. 1)
- 1 The Study of Ritual: Depth Psychology and Interpretive Anthropology (p. 3)
- 2 A Dynamic Interdisciplinary Approach to Ritual and Psychotherapy (p. 13)
- Part II A Dynamic Interdisciplinary Approach (p. 23)
- 3 The Biological Branch: Mind/Body Interactions (p. 25)
- 4 The Cognitive Branch: Cognitive Anthropology and Psychological Resonance (p. 32)
- 5 The Psychodynamic Branch: Image, Projection, Narrative, Meaningful Coincidence, and Dissociation (p. 50)
- 6 The Cultural Branch: Structure and Function (p. 70)
- Part III Applications (p. 107)
- 7 Magic Inscriptions and Other Creations (p. 109)
- 8 Healing Rituals (p. 125)
- 9 Transitional Rituals (p. 149)
- 10 Death Rituals (p. 159)
- Part IV Conclusions (p. 185)
- 11 The Technology of Ritual and the Ritual Expert (p. 187)
- 12 Summary (p. 196)
- Afterword (p. 206)
- Bibliography (p. 208)
- Index (p. 223)