Care of the Psyche
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Care of the Psyche

A History of Psychological Healing

  1. 472 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Care of the Psyche

A History of Psychological Healing

About this book

In this book, a distinguished historian of medicine surveys the basic elements that have constituted psychological healing over the centuries. Dr. Stanley W. Jackson shows that healing practices, whether they come from the worlds of medicine, religion, or philosophy, share certain elements that transcend space and time.

Drawing on medical writings from classical Greece and Rome to the present, as well as on philosophical and religious writings, Dr. Jackson shows that the basic ingredients of psychological healing—which have survived changes of name, the fall of their theoretical contexts, and the waning of social support in different historical eras—are essential factors in our modern psychotherapies and in healing contexts in general.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Part One. Introductory Considerations
  4. Part Two. The Bedrock
  5. Part Three. Expressiveness and Getting Things Out
  6. Part Four. Bringing Comfort
  7. Part Five. Healing and the Principle of Contraries
  8. Part Six. Bringing Influence to Bear
  9. Part Seven. Cognitive Themes
  10. Part Eight. Concluding Considerations
  11. Notes
  12. References
  13. Index