Psychotherapy, Anthropology and the Work of Culture

Book Overview

Anthropology and psychotherapy have a long and important historical relationship, and in this fascinating collection practitioners with experience in both fields explore how the concept of 'culture' is deployed to guide and frame contemporary therapeutic theory, training and practice.

This task is particularly important as the global spread of psychotherapy, as both an outgrowth of and a potential point of critique to globalised hyper-capitalism,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367182513
• ISBN13: 9780367182519
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"