Combating Destructive Thought Processes: Voice Therapy and Separation Theory - Softcover

W. Firestone, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761905510 ISBN 13: 9780761905516

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1997

Synopsis

What keeps people from living in ways that satisfy their individual needs and priorities? This book explores psychotherapist Robert W Firestone's voice therapy technique, the goal of which is to uncover these limiting forces, which are represented by internal messages or voices.

Firestone maintains that from childhood, people are prevented from experiencing an individuated life by the pressures of society, particularly the nuclear family. He expounds the theory, which synthesizes psychodynamic and existential approaches, behind his technique. He demonstrates how the therapy helps clients reveal these voices quickly, recognize their source and begin to take a path to a meaningful life.

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From the Back Cover:

What keeps people from living in ways that satisfy their individual needs and priorities? In this book, noted clinical psychologist Robert W. Firestone sets forth the theory - synthesizing psychodynamic and existential approaches to the psyche - underlying his voice therapy methodology. From childhood, Firestone maintains, humans are prevented from experiencing an individuated life by the pressures of society and destructive interactions within the family. The goal of voice therapy is to uncover the insidious forces - represented by internal messages, called voices - that limit humans. Firestone's technique, grounded in clinical research, helps the client to reveal these voices quickly, recognize their detrimental source, and begin the path to a meaningful life.

Synopsis:

Firestone explains the underlying theory of his voice therapy technique, maintaining that people are pre vented from experiencing an individuated life by the pressur es of society and that these forces are represented by inter nal voices. '

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0761905510
• ISBN 13: 9780761905516
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384