Bøger i Psychology Revivals serien

Until the 70s and 80s anthropologists studying different cultures had mainly confined themselves to the behaviour and idea systems of adults. Psychologists, on the other hand, working mainly in Europe and America, had studied child development in their own settings and simply assumed the universality of their findings. Thus both disciplines had largely ignored a crucial problem area: the way in which children from birth onwards learn to become competent members of their culture. This process, which has been called `the quintessential human adaptation¿, constitutes the theme of this volume, originally published in 1988.

First published in 1996, this enlightening book about facilitating therapeutic change within the couple relationship opens with a transcript of one of a series of lectures by Virginia Satir. The editor brings together contributors who show how to affect change in couples by explaining dynamics of the male/female relationship and by expanding upon the roles of the therapist.

Originally published in 1991, the theme for this title is the exploration of the components of lasting, long-term relationships. The authors, including some who have been married for many years themselves, look at the many aspects that make long-term relationships successful. The chapters range in essence from `What is love?¿ to `How is love maintained?¿.

Originally published in 1983, this book, in a series of authoritative review chapters, sets out to describe the process by which social relationships develop after birth and the ways in which this process may be distorted by separation, the condition of the baby or by the process of medical treatment.

The subject of thinking is the oldest in the whole science of psychology, going back to well before the separation of the disciplines of philosophy and psychology. Originally published in 1983, this collection of up-to-date critical essays about thinking ¿ with particular emphasis on reasoning ¿ is written from the perspective of psychologists who are themselves actively engaged in research into the nature of human thought.

As a psychotherapist, in whose name do I speak? How can I come to speak in my own name? What does `tradition¿ mean in psychotherapy? Originally published in 1993, the contributors to this book ¿ all practising psychotherapists and teachers ¿ explore these questions and investigate how theories and practices are passed on from one generation to the next. Their responses range over questions of training and indoctrination, the idea of tradition in the thought of Freud, Jung and Winnicott, and the implications of these questions for the practice of psychotherapy.