The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life

by Daniel N. Stern

Book Overview

Beginning with the claim that we are psychologically alive only in the now, internationally acclaimed child psychiatrist Daniel N. Stern tackles vexing yet fascinating questions such as: what is the nature of 'nowness'? How is 'now' experienced between two people? What do present moments have to do with therapeutic growth and change?

Certain moments of shared immediate experience, such as a knowing glance across a dinner table, are paradigmatic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393704297
• ISBN13: 9780393704297
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"