Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatil
Addressing the adult children of borderlines and the therapists who work with them, this book shows how to care for the waif without rescuing her, to attend to the hermit without feeding her fear, to love the queen without becoming her subject, and to live with the witch without becoming her victim.
"The Bahir" is one of the oldest and most important of the "Kabbalah" texts. Until the publication of the "Zohar", the "Bahir" was the most influential and widely quoted primary source of Kabbalistic teachings.
Makes the concepts of self psychology accessible for both students and clinicians. Beginning with an overview of the development of Kohut's ideas, particularly those on narcissism and narcissistic development, the author explains self object concept and why it is at the core of the self psychological vision of human experience.
This book provides a systematic approach to managing countertransference when treating borderline patients. Using detailed accounts of clinical experiences, the authors demonstrate how their own thoughts, feelings, and fantasies enable them to understand their patients' internal worlds.
Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatil
An examination of the world of borderline mothers and children. Dr Lawson describes four basic profiles of the borderline mother: the Waif Mother, the Hermit Mother, the Queen Mother and the Witch. She goes on to demonstrate how to cope with each of these types.
Treating borderline patients is one of the most challenging areas in psychotherapy because of the patient's extreme emotional expressions,and the strain it places on the therapist. Transference-Focused Therapy (TFP) is psychodynamic treatment designed especially for borderline patients. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to TFP.
Clinical Application of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy
Social fears are among the most common forms of anxiety in our society. Social phobia, the clinical syndrome, can seriously impact a persons life, increasing the risk of depression, substance abuse, and suicide, and reducing opportunities for social interaction, sustained relationships, and careers.
Axelrod provides a practical, humorous guide for Jewish students and their families as they prepare for their big day. Breezy and friendly yet reassuring and focused, Axelrod cuts through the fear and stress that teens often feel in the months leading up to their bar or bat mitzvah.
