Ultimacy and Triviality in Psychotherapy

by Ernest Keen

Keen, a professor and practicing psychotherapist, addresses the essential distinction between the truly serious questions involved in human life and the superficial aspects so generally engaging people's concern-and often professional treatment-which he terms, triviality. He considers how contemporary practice of psychotherapy often fails to admit to the critical difference, fails to recognize it in practice, and subsequently treats patients for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275969819
• ISBN13: 9780275969813
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.7"