This work argues that the selection of 12 sessions on a once weekly basis mobilises hope and optimism in psychotherapy patients. It also necessitates dealing with the conscious and unconscious conflicts and meanings surrounding time, termination and separation-individuation. The patient knows precisely when the beginning stages of therapy are over, and where the middle and end are. No other short-term therapy deals specifically with these issues. Much of the theorising on time by Dr Mann is relevant to the termination issues in open-ended long-term psychotherapy and psychoanalysis proper. Margaret Mahler's writings are also utilised.
| ISBN: | 9781568212104 |
| Publication date: | 7th July 1977 |
| Author: | James Mann, Robert Goldman |
| Publisher: | Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 179 pages |
| Genres: |
Psychology |