Psychotherapy for the other : Levinas and the face-to-face relationship / edited by Kevin C. Krycka, George Kunz, and George G. Sayre.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Duquesne University Press, [2015]
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xiv, 277 pages ; 23 cm

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    "14 essays by a wide range of scholars and practitioners examine the interface between Emmanuel Levinas's philosophical thought and psychotherapy, highlighting a variety of issues such as the nature of language, the therapist-client relationship, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress disorder, motherhood, social justice, among others"--Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Levinas' totality & infinity for therapy / Steen Halling (1975)
    • Levinas, psychology, and language / Eric Severson
    • Asymmetry in psychotherapy / Kevin Krycka
    • Martin Buber and Emmanuel Levinas / Alexandra Adame
    • The aftermath of murder / Marie McNabb
    • The tragedy of domestic violence / Jackie Grimesey Szarka
    • Levinas in the hood / Heather Macdonald
    • Levinas and psychoanalysis / Richard Williams
    • Trauma as violent awakening / David Goodman and Brian Becker
    • Toward a therapy for the other / George G. Sayre
    • Therapeutic impasse and the call to keep looking / Claire Steele Lebeau
    • Face of the other in motherhood / Kathleen Pape
    • When therapy wounds / Trevor Slocum
    • Weak enough / George Kunz.
    ISBN
    • 9780820704791 ((paper. ; : alk. paper))
    • 0820704792 ((paper. ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2014037222
    OCLC
    891354059
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