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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc
Publication date
December 22, 2012
Pages
173
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780765708427
ISBN-10
0765708426
Dimensions
1 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$75.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Beauty is often an invisible yet potent presence in clinical work. The Psychology of Beauty: Creation of a Beautiful Self, by Ellen Sinkman, LCSW, addresses the vital importance of beauty, its sources, and manifestations in everyoneâs livesâincluding psychotherapy patients. The ability to be mesmerizingly beautiful and beautifully creative, strivings toward mastering beauty, and wishes to be transformed are universal desires. During psychotherapy, patients manifest or defend against these forces. So it is striking that patients as well as therapists often overlook or dismiss issues about creating beauty in themselves.
The book introduces this seeming contradiction with the ancient myth of Pygmalion and his sculpture of a beautiful woman. These enduring mythic figures represent the wish to emerge as a beautiful being and the wish for the power to create beauty in another. Patients in psychotherapy often pursue these elusive goals outside clinical work, rather than within treatment. Manifold venues enticingly promise reinvention. These activities may involve plastic surgery, beauty salon make-overs, diet gurus, elocution coaches, tattooing, and athletic training. Seekers of beauty engage with people whom they see as agents offering them ravishing physical or charismatic attractiveness. Psychotherapists may or may not be among agents seen as having the power to transform.
The quest for beauty is widespread and in many instances non-pathological. Sinkman looks at multiple avenues of understanding and appreciation of efforts toward beauty, including artistic creativity and political activities. However there is a spectrum of investment in creating beauty. Pursuing beauty can become pathological. Therapists need to watch out for its appearance outside the psychoanalytic arena. Such material can be missed when the analyst falls into counter-transference difficulties such as feeling invested in transforming the patient, identifying with the patientâs narcissistic injuries and/or needs to compete, or enacting battles with the patient. Such difficulties interfere with attunement to patientsâ experiences.
The Psychology of Beauty considers definitions of beauty, gender identity themes, and origins of beauty in the mother-infant relationship. It investigates ugliness, sadomasochistic beauty pursuits, evolutionary factors, and aspects of aging. The book highlights emerging clinical material which has yet to gain notice and suggests what analysts may be missing, and why.
The book introduces this seeming contradiction with the ancient myth of Pygmalion and his sculpture of a beautiful woman. These enduring mythic figures represent the wish to emerge as a beautiful being and the wish for the power to create beauty in another. Patients in psychotherapy often pursue these elusive goals outside clinical work, rather than within treatment. Manifold venues enticingly promise reinvention. These activities may involve plastic surgery, beauty salon make-overs, diet gurus, elocution coaches, tattooing, and athletic training. Seekers of beauty engage with people whom they see as agents offering them ravishing physical or charismatic attractiveness. Psychotherapists may or may not be among agents seen as having the power to transform.
The quest for beauty is widespread and in many instances non-pathological. Sinkman looks at multiple avenues of understanding and appreciation of efforts toward beauty, including artistic creativity and political activities. However there is a spectrum of investment in creating beauty. Pursuing beauty can become pathological. Therapists need to watch out for its appearance outside the psychoanalytic arena. Such material can be missed when the analyst falls into counter-transference difficulties such as feeling invested in transforming the patient, identifying with the patientâs narcissistic injuries and/or needs to compete, or enacting battles with the patient. Such difficulties interfere with attunement to patientsâ experiences.
The Psychology of Beauty considers definitions of beauty, gender identity themes, and origins of beauty in the mother-infant relationship. It investigates ugliness, sadomasochistic beauty pursuits, evolutionary factors, and aspects of aging. The book highlights emerging clinical material which has yet to gain notice and suggests what analysts may be missing, and why.
Editions
Hardcover
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1 edition from Jason Aronson Inc (December 22, 2012); titled "The Psychology of Beauty: Creation of a Beautiful Self"
9780765708427 | details & prices | 173 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $75.00
About: Beauty is often an invisible yet potent presence in clinical work.
About: Beauty is often an invisible yet potent presence in clinical work.
Paperback
from Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc (July 9, 2014); titled "The Psychology of Beauty: Creation of a Beautiful Self"
9781442238190 | details & prices | 173 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.68 lbs | List price $34.99
About: Beauty is often an invisible yet potent presence in clinical work.
About: Beauty is often an invisible yet potent presence in clinical work.
With William E. Glassman |
2nd edition from Open Univ Pr (July 1, 1995); titled "Approaches to Psychology"
9780335192595 | details & prices | 7.75 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 2.20 lbs | List price $29.95
This edition also contains Approaches to Psychology
About: This is an introduction to psychology for beginning and intermediate students.
This edition also contains Approaches to Psychology
About: This is an introduction to psychology for beginning and intermediate students.
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