The Gossamer Thread: My Life as a Psychotherapist
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (716 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1855758059 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 290 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Gossamer Thread and The Boundless Ocean I thoroughly appreciated John Marzillier's wonderful book on psychological therapy, as the reading of it caused deep reflection which led me into many fields. Not least of which is the whole relationship we have with the reflective activity of reading itself. Doors open, horizons widen, intense emotional experiences and thoughtful, reasoned self-questioning occurs; ideas become developed or discarded; change happens.I most appreciate those books, . The Gossamer Thread Damaskcat If you want to know what it is like to be a psychologist you could do worse than read this fascinating memoir. As the author himself says towards the end of the book – helping human being is a messy and complicated business and there is no guarantee of success. Even if you can agree with anyone, including the patient, on how to measure success in the first place.The author writes in an interesting and never less than compassionate manner abo
John Marzillier shares with his readers many intimate details of his life’s journey through clinical psychology and the various schools of behaviour therapy to dynamic psychotherapy, in each of which he trained. It begins with a series of terse, moving sketched of some patients whom John Marzillier treated early in his career, and at the same time details his uncertainties and anxieties about his methods of treating them. From behaviour therapy to psychoanalysis, becoming an expert in CBT along the way, Marzillier describes his personal journey, revealing the human stories behind the ‘distilled’ science of psychotherapy. “Written by one of Brita
It is designed to entertain and inform the general readership about the mysterious world of psychotherapy, what goes on behind the consulting room door. It will be of particular interest to the increasing number of people who encounter psychotherapy either through their own experience of seeking help or the experiences of family and friends or through reading of popular books such as those of Oliver James and Irving Yalom.It should also prove invaluable for those interested in training as a clinical psychologist, counsellor or psychotherapist.. He shows the mistakes he made and the lessons he eventually learned from his patients. Along the way he shows the way the main schools of psychotherapy (behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic) work, drawing on case material from
He has published numerous academic articles as well as novels and poems. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. . He retired in 2006 to become a writer. John Marzillier worked for thirty-seven years as a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist in various settings including psychiatric hospitals,