Humanity's Dark Side: Evil, Destructive Experience, and Psychotherapy

by Arthur C. Bohart, Barbara S. Held, Edward Mendelowitz

In this book, prominent writers on psychotherapy present different, sometimes opposing views on humanity's dark side and consider how these views impact their clinical practice. Must therapists address the dark side in order to help people grow constructively? Or can they work to develop clients' positive features without addressing the dark side at all? How does one help a victim of "evil" cope in therapy, and what if the client is a perpetrator?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1433811812
• ISBN13: 9781433811814
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA)
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.9" x 10.0"