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The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life
Daniel N. Stern
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Description for The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life
Hardback. While most psychotherapies agree that therapeutic work in the 'here and now' has the greatest power to bring about change, few if any books have ever addressed the problem of what 'here and now' actually means. Series: Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JMR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
Beginning with the claim that we are psychologically alive only in the now, internationally acclaimed child psychiatrist Daniel N. Stern tackles vexing yet fascinating questions such as: what is the nature of 'nowness'? How is 'now' experienced between two people? What do present moments have to do with therapeutic growth and change? Certain moments of shared immediate experience, such as a knowing glance across a dinner table, are paradigmatic of what Stern shows to be the core of human experience, the 3 to 5 seconds he identifies as 'the present moment.' By placing the present moment at the center of ... Read more
Beginning with the claim that we are psychologically alive only in the now, internationally acclaimed child psychiatrist Daniel N. Stern tackles vexing yet fascinating questions such as: what is the nature of 'nowness'? How is 'now' experienced between two people? What do present moments have to do with therapeutic growth and change? Certain moments of shared immediate experience, such as a knowing glance across a dinner table, are paradigmatic of what Stern shows to be the core of human experience, the 3 to 5 seconds he identifies as 'the present moment.' By placing the present moment at the center of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Series
Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology
Condition
New
Weight
620g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393704297
SKU
V9780393704297
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About Daniel N. Stern
Daniel N. Stern, M.D., is Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Cornell Medical School. He wrote the acclaimed The Interpersonal World of the Infant, among other notable titles. He died in 2012.
Reviews for The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life
Immensely important, indisputably major...authoritatively straddling the spectrum encompassing psychoanalysis and psychotherapy, adult and child, neuro-science and phenomenological philosophy, and much else, a book which summates many years of preoccupation and collaborative labour, on his part, in a most lucid, concise, and comprehensive way.
International Journal of Psychotherapy Stern writes very clearly so that complex concepts can be ... Read more
International Journal of Psychotherapy Stern writes very clearly so that complex concepts can be ... Read more