Bøger af Theodor Itten

These essays span the length and breadth of Theodor¿s career in psychotherapy and evidence the considerable wisdom he has accrued over the course of it. Contained herein are reflections on the nature of psychotherapy, some of the illustrious figures in its history and works which have been penned to cast light on its perennial mysteries. There are rich pickings to be had, ranging from discussions of silence in the micro-theatre of psychotherapeutic relationships, through attempts to lay bare the very real practical (and philosophical and political) issues which members of the Philadelphia Association had to contend with in the days when a viable alternative to state sanctioned psychiatry seemed a real hope for the future, to the ethical twists and turns in the relationship between psychotherapy and religion. These essays, sometimes painfully honest, extend however beyond the realms of psychotherapy and address some of the perennial conundrums of the human condition and our faltering efforts to liberate and make space for the better angels of our nature. Dr. Ron Roberts in Foreword

I am now, at seventy, allowed to lay back. To sustain our wellbeing, to maintain our integrated wholeness, psychotherapy promotes the diversity and richness of a wide variety of life experiences and behaviours. We can thereby become truly street wise, and emancipated from a longing for life lived under the watchful eye that regulates and commands social conditions. The texts presented here are a collection of the insights I have harvested from forty-five years of a fulfilling professional life.¿These essays, sometimes painfully honest, extend however beyond the realms of psychotherapy and address some of the perennial conundrums of the human condition and our faltering efforts to liberate and make space for the better angels of our nature. At a time when the burdens and tides of our collective and individual histories seem once again all too ready to upend the larger boat in which we all sail, these essays make for timely reading.¿ Ron Roberts, in his Foreword

Tao of Psychotherapy brings together a diverse and impressive collection of work from over 40 years of clinical and psychoanalytic practice. At its core, effective and successful therapy is the upright, honest and authentic presence of the therapist. Playfulness, experience based on street wise behaviour, placed within the cosmology of myth and the dream-world, is elegantly explored in these pages. Courage pared with facing the pain of suffering, anxiety and feelings, one¿s own sense of self-worth, self con¿dence, and sense of responsibility are fed by the truth of one¿s feelings. The finale of therapy is in no longer being ashamed, for who we are.

Die zerstörerische Wucht des Jähzorns ist bekannt, sozialwissenschaftlich wurde sie bisher tabuisiert. Beruflich und privat sind wir Zeugen von Ausbrüchen des Jähzorns. Zur Untermauerung dieser Beobachtungen wurden an die 600 Personen zu ihren persönlichen Erfahrungen mit Jähzorn befragt. Das Ergebnis: 24 % der Befragten sind jähzornig. Das im Jahr 2007 erstmalig, im deutschsprachigen Raum, veröffentlichte Buch zum plötzlichen, anfallsmässigen Zorn, bietet einen vielschichtigen, interessanten Gang durch die Kulturgeschichte und Sozialpsychologie des Jähzorns. Es gibt Antworten auf folgende Fragen: "Wo kommt der Jähzorn her? Wie zeigt sich Jähzorn? Was können wir tun?" Verschiedene Perspektiven und Erfahrungen von Täter und Opfer werden geschildert und im sozialkulturellen Kontext erläutert. Bewegende Einzelfallstudien liefern zahlreiche hilfreiche Hinweise und Einsichten zum Verständnis des Jähzorns. Die psychotherapeutischen Antworten auf dieses unberechenbare Gefühl sind in der dritten, überarbeiteten Auflage, vielfältigere und facettenreichere Quellen. Möglichkeiten von therapeutischen Aspekten der Selbstbefähigung werden aufgezeigt, mit gepflegter, dauerhafter Übung sind sie auch umsetzbar. Ein Buch für Betroffene, Angehörige und Wirkende in helfenden, therapeutischen Berufen.

A lot of what is done in the name of psychotherapy and psychology is driven by neo-liberal forces and motives which are base, shallow and commercial. Using their insider perspective, the authors call for a return to a new Politics of Experience; psychology as the honest and transparent study of situations, not of victims.