The Present Moment in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393704297)

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 of what Stern shows to be the core of human experience, the 3 to 5 seconds he identifies as 'the present moment.' By placing the present moment at the center of psychotherapy, Stern alters our ideas about how therapeutic change occurs, and about what is significant in therapy. As much a meditation on the problems of memory and experience as it is a call to appreciate every moment of experience, The Present Moment is a must-read for all who are interested in the latest thinking about human experience.

Author: Daniel N. Stern
ISBN-10: 0393704297
ISBN-13: 9780393704297
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 01/17/2004
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.56h x 6.43w x 1.11d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2004 pg. 112