Embodied Enquiry

Phenomenological Touchstones for Research, Psychotherapy and Spirituality

L. Todres (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

201 Seiten

2007
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-30230-3 (ISBN)

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Drawing on a particular emphasis within the phenomenological tradition as exemplified by Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Eugene Gendlin, this book considers the role of the lived body as a way of knowing and being within three practical contexts that illustrate some of the nuances of embodied enquiry: qualitative research, psychotherapy, spirituality.

LES TODRES is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Qualitative Research at Bournemouth University, UK. His previous occupational roles have included head of a student counselling service and director of a clinical psychology training programme. His career spans both academic and clinical contexts, reflecting his interest in pursuing knowledge and practice that is both academically and professionally integrated.

Introduction: An Embodied Path at Beginning and End PART I: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: TOWARDS AESTHETIC AND EMBODIED PRACTICES The Qualitative Description of Human Experience: The Aesthetic Dimension The Meaning of Understanding and the Open Body: Some Implications for Qualitative Research The Bodily Complexity of Truth-Telling in Qualitative Research: Some Implications of Gendlin's Philosophy Writing Phenomenological-Psychological Descriptions: An Illustration Attempting to Balance Texture and Structure PART II: PSYCHOTHERAPY: EMBODYING COMPLEX IDENTITY Humanising Forces: Phenomenology in Science; Psychotherapy in Technological Culture The Rhythm of Psychotherapeutic Attention: A Training Model The Primacy of Phenomenological Process and Sequence in Psychotherapy: A Case Study Globalisation and the Complexity of Self: The Relevance of Psychotherapy Freedom-Wound: Towards the Embodiment of human Openness in Daseinanalytical Therapy PART III: SPIRITUALITY: EMBODYING FREEDOM AND VULNERABILITY Psychological and Spiritual Freedoms: Reflections Inspired by Heidegger How does Liberating Self-Insight Become Tacit Understanding? The Wound that Connects: A Consideration of 'Narcissism' and the Creation of Soulful Space Embracing Ambiguity: Transpersonal Development and the Phenomenological Tradition Conclusion Thoughts and Touchstones: A Wide Embrace

Zusatzinfo	XVI, 201 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Humanistische Psychotherapien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	0-230-30230-0 / 0230302300
ISBN-13	978-0-230-30230-3 / 9780230302303
Zustand	Neuware