{"product_id":"the-emergent-self-peter-philippson-9781855755253","title":"The Emergent Self: An Existential-Gestalt Approach","description":"This book tracks a particular understanding of self, philosophically, from research evidence and in its implications for psychotherapy. At each step, the author includes first the theory he is working from, then the clinical implications of the theory, followed by some links to the philosophical outlook inherent in the theory, and finally a more extended case example.It takes the view that the continuing self is partly an illusion, partly a construct, and that we in fact have to work to stay the same in the face of all the different possibilities the world offers us. The author believes that we do this for two reasons. First of all, continuity allows deeper contact: friendships, loving relationships with partners and families. Secondly, and balancing this, the predictable is less anxiety-producing, and that we avoid this existential anxiety by acting in a stereotyped way and avoiding some of the depths of contact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Philippson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1855755254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781855755253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.70w x 0.50d","brand":"Peter Philippson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46199171252479,"sku":"9781855755253","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c790c09d-82fa-4967-adc5-8ac9463229f5.jpg?v=1727925255","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-emergent-self-peter-philippson-9781855755253","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}