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Salud mental y violencia colectiva: Una herida abierta en la sociedad
by de la Álvarez Icaza, DeníNo puede haber salud mental donde existe tanto dolor. La violencia deja heridas por donde quiera que pasa: en el cuerpo de las personas, por supuesto, pero también en su psique, en su modo de relacionarse con el mundo y, por lo tanto, en sus comunidades. Este libro, revolucionario en su enfoque, explica con el mayor de los rigores las huellas que las violencias colectivas de los últimos años han dejado en México y en los mexicanos. Los 15 investigadores reunidos en esta obra analizan -desde la psicología, la sociología, la psiquiatría y la antropología- el trauma colectivo que se ha generado, el fenómeno de la normalización y el discurso que la alimenta, la violencia desatada contra las mujeres, los efectos del reclutamiento forzado, la trata y la impunidad; el papel que desempeña la migración o la pobreza, las consecuencias reflejadas en el consumo de alcohol y drogas, la debilidad institucional y la fractura de las familias... Sin embargo, tras el diagnóstico viene el tratamiento. La obra concluye, así, proponiendo algunas de las vías que podemos transitar para erguirnos ante la deshumanización que enfrentamos y recuperar nuestro equilibro, como individuos y como nación.
Brand Beauty Unleashed: The Value of Aesthetics in Marketing
by Roberto M. Álvarez del BlancoThis book presents an in-depth, careful study of our understanding of the concept of beauty in everyday objects and its impact on markets and brands. Moving beyond artistic notions of beauty, it demonstrates how beauty is an asset that can be leveraged in the marketplace. Traditionally, beauty has been examined in relation to its influence on painting, sculpture, literature, music, and architecture. However, its value and power in the marketplace is understudied. Álvarez del Blanco provides a systematic analysis of beauty in commonplace objects and brands, drawing on cutting-edge research at the intersection of marketing and neurosciences. Through examining the neuroscientific evidence for how the brain processes beauty, the author articulates the implications this may have on marketing and brand management. He also offers a glimpse of how beauty may evolve, and its marketing implications for firm strategy in the coming decades. Written by a recognized authority in marketing and brand strategy, Brand Beauty Unleashed gives students with an interest in marketing, consumer behavior, branding, and neuromarketing an exciting new perspective on this intangible asset.
The Natural Laws of Children: Why Children Thrive When We Understand How Their Brains Are Wired
by Celine AlvarezA powerful, neuroscience-based approach to revolutionize early childhood learning through natural creativity, strong human connections, spontaneous free play, and more.All children are born wired to learn and to love. As young children explore the world and interact with others, their brains can naturally develop in incredible ways. And yet, despite our best intentions, early education often fails to fully encourage this natural learning and empathy. The Natural Laws of Children draws on current research in childhood development to share powerful insights on how to enhance learning for all kids, regardless of income or access to resources. This book tells the story of Céline Alvarez’s pioneering work in early childhood education. Over three years in a low-income school, Alvarez’s students achieved exceptional results in math and reading, as well as outstanding social and emotional skills. The Natural Laws of Children shares, in a clear and accessible way, the main scientific principles that underpin human learning to revolutionize early childhood education by supporting strong human connections, spontaneous free play, and more.
Autism and Personality: Findings from the Tavistock Autism Workshop
by Anne Alvarez Susan Reid Judith Edwards Biddy YouellTaking a psychoanalytic and developmental approach, Autism and Personality outlines in considerable detail the new developments in therapeutic techniques used by the Tavistock Autism Team and Workshop to treat autistic children. It also underlines the importance of support for parents and siblings, who are all too often ignored under considerable stress. The book presents fresh ideas about the importance of personality for the developmental course of the condition, and the implications for psychotherapeutic technique. Using case vignettes to illustrate the theoretical ideas emerging from the Workshop, coupled with case studies which highlight the patient's changing contact with the therapist, it gives a fascinating picture of the individuality of each child and of the sensitivity and skill required for each treatment. Accessible to professionals and also to parents, Autism and Personality is a valuable insight into the nature and course of this condition and its treatment.
Live Company: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy with Autistic, Borderline, Deprived and Abused Children
by Anne AlvarezChildren whose minds as well as bodies have been damaged by the intrusions of sexual abuse, violence or neglect, and others, quite different, who are handicapped by their own mysterious sensitivities to more minor deprivations, may experience a type of black despair and cynicism that require long-term treatment and test the stamina of the psychotherapist to the utmost.In Live Company, Anne Alvarez reflects on thirty years' experience of treating autistic, psychotic and borderline children and adolescents by the methods of psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Central to the book is the moving story on an autistic child's long struggle between sanity and madness, in which the author describes the arduous journey that she as therapist and he as patient made towards new understanding and his partial recovery.Modern developments in psychoanalytic theory and technique mean that such children can be treated with some success. In the book the author discusses these developments, and also describes some of the areas of convergence and divergence between organicist and psychodynamicist theories of autism. Particularly important is her integration of psychoanalytic theory with the new findings in infant development and infant psychiatry. This has enabled her to formulate some new and exciting ideas and speculate on the need for some additions to established theory.Anne Alvarez has produced a professionally powerful and englightening book, drawn from her extensive experience as a child psychotherapist at the Tavistock Clinic, which will be of interest to all professionals involved with children and adolescents as well as anyone interested in madness and the growth of the mind.
The Maternal Sensitivity Program: A Model for Promoting Infant Development in Challenging Contexts
by Patrícia Alvarenga M. Ángeles Cerezo Yana KuchirkoThis book presents the Maternal Sensitivity Program (MSP), an eight-session home-delivered intervention designed to enhance overall maternal sensitivity to infant behavior between the third and the tenth month of life using video feedback and live modeling strategies. The intervention was based on successful international programs but was specifically developed to fit the realities and needs of low-income countries, whose public health services rely on scarce human and economic resources. The program aims to promote maternal acknowledgment of infant mental activity and model responses that encourage infants' communication of intentions, needs, desires, and emotions.The first part of the book provides an overview of core theories related to the concept of maternal sensitivity, illustrating how it varies across cultural contexts, and how it is shaped by economic scarcity. The second part of the book presents evidence of the effectiveness of sensitivity-based interventions, describes and provides a rationale for the Maternal Sensitivity Program (MSP), and proposes a framework for training interventionists seeking to implement the program in different contexts. The third part of the book presents the intervention manual, describing in detail the procedures in each of the eight sessions of the program. The Maternal Sensitivity Program: A Model for Promoting Infant Development in Challenging Contexts will be an invaluable resource for developmental psychologists, health care providers, and social workers who work with families in low-income countries and in contexts of social vulnerability and need to implement low-cost interventions to foster healthy child development.
Clarity: Ten Proven Strategies to Transform Your Life
by Diane AltomareWhen was the last time you sat down and actually paid attention to your feelings? When emotions are repressed, they build up and can eventually explode. In Clarity: Ten Proven Strategies to Transform Your Life, Diane Altomare will show you how to recognize and embrace what your emotions are telling you. Emotions aren’t an enemy to be fought against—they are messages leading you to a happier, healthier you.
The Realizations of the Self
by Andrea Altobrando Takuya Niikawa Richard StoneRecent discussions of self-realization have devolved into unscientific theories of self-help. However, this vague and often misused concept is connected to many important individual and social problems. As long as its meaning remains unclear, it can be abused for social, political, and commercial malpractices. To combat this issue, this book shares perspectives from scholars of various philosophical traditions. Each chapter takes new steps in asking what the meaning of self-realization is–both in terms of what it means to understand who or what one is, and also in terms of how one can, or should, fulfilll oneself. The conceptual elucidations achieved from both theoretical and practical perspectives allow for a more mature awareness of how to deal with discourses on self-realization and, in any case, can help to demystify the subject.
Time for Change: Tracking Transformations in Psychoanalysis - The Three-Level Model (The International Psychoanalytical Association Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series)
by Marina Altmann de LitvanThis book presents a research work on transformations in psychoanalysis and clinical observation of changes in psychoanalysis. It compares, based on the "three-level model", the different points of view of psychoanalysts from all over the world and from different psychoanalytical cultures.
Relational Child Psychotherapy
by Neil Altman Richard Briggs Jay Frankel Daniel Gensler Pasqual PantoneThe authors, all affiliated with the William Alanson White Institute in New York City, intend this work as a comprehensive introduction to the experience of working in relational psychotherapy with children and parents. They review the theories of development that underlie their work and develop it into a theory of psychopathology in childhood. They then turn their attentions to the process of psychotherapy, presenting chapters and assessment, treatment planning, the use of play, transference and countertransference, interaction, parental inclusion, and therapeutic action. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
The Analyst in the Inner City, Second Edition: Race, Class, and Culture Through a Psychoanalytic Lens (Relational Perspectives Book Series)
by Neil AltmanIn 1995, Neil Altman did what few psychoanalysts did or even dared to do: He brought the theory and practice of psychoanalysis out of the cozy confines of the consulting room and into the realms of the marginalized, to the very individuals whom this theory and practice often overlooked. In doing so, he brought together psychoanalytic and social theory, and examined how divisions of race, class and culture reflect and influence splits in the developing self, more often than not leading to a negative self image of the "other" in an increasingly polarized society.<P><P> Much like the original, this second edition of The Analyst in the Inner City opens up with updated, detailed clinical vignettes and case presentations, which illustrate the challenges of working within this clinical milieu. Altman greatly expands his section on race, both in the psychoanalytic and the larger social world, including a focus on "whiteness" which, he argues, is socially constructed in relation to "blackness." However, he admits the inadequacy of such categorizations and proffers a more fluid view of the structure of race. A brand new section, "Thinking Systemically and Psychoanalytically at the Same Time," examines the impact of the socio-political context in which psychotherapy takes place, whether local or global, on the clinical work itself and the socio-economic categories of its patients, and vice-versa. Topics in this section include the APA’s relationship to CIA interrogation practices, group dynamics in child and adolescent psychotherapeutic interventions, and psychoanalytic views on suicide bombing.<P> Ranging from the day-to-day work in a public clinic in the South Bronx to considerations of global events far outside the clinic’s doors (but closer than one might think), this book is a timely revision of a groundbreaking work in psychoanalytic literature, expanding the import of psychoanalysis from the centers of analytical thought to the margins of clinical need.
Psychoanalysis in an Age of Accelerating Cultural Change: Spiritual Globalization
by Neil AltmanPsychoanalysis in an Age of Accelerating Cultural Change: Spiritual Globalization addresses the current status of mental health work in the public and private sectors. The careful, thorough, approach to the individual person characteristic of psychoanalysis is mostly the province of an affluent few. Meanwhile, community-based mental health treatment, given shrinking budgets, tends to emphasize medication and short-term therapies. In an increasingly diverse society, considerations of culture in mental health treatment are given short shrift, despite obligatory nods to cultural competence. The field of mental health has suffered from the mutual isolation of psychoanalysis, community-based clinical work, and cultural studies. Here, Neil Altman shows how these areas of study and practice require and enrich each other - the field of psychoanalysis benefits by engaging marginalized communities; community-based clinical work benefits from psychoanalytic concepts, while all forms of clinical work benefit from awareness of culture. Including reports of clinical experiences and programmatic developments from around the world, its international scope explores the operation of culture and cultural differences in conceptions of mental health. In addition the book addresses the origin and treatment of mental illness, from notions of spirit possession treated by shamans, to conceptions of psychic trauma, to biological understandings and pharmacological treatments. In the background of this discussion is globalization, the impact of which is tracked in terms of its psychological effects on people, as well as on the resources and programs available to provide psychological care around the world. As a unique examination of current mental health work, this book will appeal to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, community-based mental health workers, and students in Cultural Studies. Neil Altman is a psychoanalytic psychologist, Visiting Professor at Ambedkar University of Delhi, India, and faculty and supervisor at the William Alanson White Institute. He is an Honorary Member of the William Alanson White Society and Editor Emeritus of Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Author of The Analyst in the Inner City: Race, Class, and Culture through a Psychoanalytic Lens (Routledge, 2nd edition, 2010)
White Privilege: Psychoanalytic Perspectives (Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Series)
by Neil AltmanWhite Privilege: Psychoanalytic Perspectives looks at race and the significant role it plays in society and in clinical practice. Much of the effort going into racial consciousness-raising rests on the concept of unearned "white privilege". In this book, Neil Altman looks deeply into this notion, suggesting that there are hidden assumptions in the idea of white privilege that perpetuate the very same racially prejudicial notions that are purportedly being dismantled. The book examines in depth the structure of racial categories, polarized between white and black, that are socially constructed, resting on fallacious ideas of physical or psychological differences among peoples. Altman also critically examines such related concepts as privilege, guilt, and power. It is suggested that political positions are also artificially polarized into categories of "liberal", "left" and "conservative", "right", in ways that contribute to stereotyping between people with different political leanings, foreclosing mutual respect, dialogue, and understanding. Finally, White Privilege: Psychoanalytic Perspectives explores the implications for the theory and practice of psychoanalytic psychotherapy, discussing these ideas in detail and depth with clinical illustrations. Drawing on Altman’s rich clinical experience and many years of engaging with racial and societal problems, this book offers a new agenda for understanding and offering analytic practice in contemporary society. It will appeal to clinicians, psychoanalytic therapists, and anyone with an interest in social problems and how they manifest in society and in therapy today.
The Fractured Self in Freud and German Philosophy
by Matthew C. Altman Cynthia D. CoeSigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory has deeply affected how we think of ourselves, in emphasizing the limits of consciousness and the impact of irrational forces on our behavior. Philosophers have begun to appreciate the significance of Freud's work, but they have not yet established Freud's place in the history of philosophy. The Fractured Self in Freud and German Philosophy argues that Freud addresses pivotal questions concerning the nature of subjectivity that occupy philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche. Altman and Coe examine Freud's transformation of German philosophical approaches to freedom, history, and self-knowledge; defend a theory of situated knowledge and agency; and consider the relevance of Freudian thought for contemporary issues in critical race theory, science studies, and cultural studies. Through this interdisciplinary analysis, the book illuminates the productive tensions between Freud and nineteenth-century thought in ways that are relevant to philosophy, psychology, and intellectual history. "
Clearing Emotional Clutter
by Donald AltmanA Fresh Start to a Healthy Emotional Life Is emotional clutter blocking success in your personal and professional life? You’ve likely heard about the psychological benefits of clearing out the clutter in your surroundings, but how do you handle your emotional clutter -- the psychological version of the jam-packed closet or impenetrable garage? Shutting away and trying to hide old pains and traumas creates toxic patterns that can keep you from having the life of your dreams. Integrating mindfulness and cutting-edge neuroscience, international mindfulness expert Donald Altman teaches how to modify entrenched habits and patterns with only a few minutes of attention daily. Altman first helps you realize what your baggage consists of and how to transform or jettison it. He then shows how to avoid the daily danger of accumulating new emotional clutter. No matter how fraught your life or relationships may be, you can cleanse, heal, or accept the old wounds, mistakes, and disappointments. With Altman’s lifestyle tools, you’ll discover how to address your past, better deal with the present, and cultivate the best possible future. Start fresh with Clearing Emotional Clutter.
On Ideology
by Louis Althusser Ben BrewsterThis major voice in French philosophy presents a classic study of how particular political and cultural ideas come to dominate society. Spanning the years 1964 to 1973, On Ideology contains the seminal text, "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatus" (1970), which revolutionized the concept of subject formation. In "Reply to John Lewis" (1972-73), Althusser addressed the criticisms of the English Marxist toward On Marx and Reading Capital. Also included are "Freud and Lacan" (1964) and "A Letter on Art in Reply to Andr#65533; Daspre" (1966).
Psychoanalysis and the Human Sciences (European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism)
by Louis AlthusserWhat can psychoanalysis, a psychological approach developed more than a century ago, offer us in an age of rapidly evolving, hard-to-categorize ideas of sexuality and the self? Should we abandon Freud's theories completely or adapt them to new findings and the new relationships taking shape in modern liberal societies? In a remarkably prescient series of lectures delivered in the early 1960s, the French philosopher Louis Althusser anticipated the challenges that psychoanalytic theory would face as politics moved away from structuralist frameworks and toward the elastic possibilities of anthropological and sociological thought.Psychoanalysis and the Human Sciences translates Althusser's remarkable seminars into English for the first time, making available to a wider audience the origins and potential future of radical political theory. Althusser takes the important step in these lectures of distinguishing psychoanalysis from psychology and especially psychiatry, which long resisted Freud's analytical concepts of the unconscious and overdetermination. By freeing psychoanalysis from this bind, Althusser can then apply these analytical concepts to the social and the political, integrated with Marxist theory. The result is an enlivened methodology for comprehending social organization and change that had a profound influence on the Frankfurt School and scholars who continue to work at the forefront of radical thought today: Judith Butler, Étienne Balibar, and Alain Badiou.
Ich und Selbst: Ein Leitfaden für die psychotherapeutische Praxis (Psychotherapie: Praxis)
by Marie-Luise AlthoffDieses Buch hilft Psychotherapeuten, Psychiatern und Supervisoren, ihre Patienten und Klienten bei ihrer Identitätssuche und Selbstfindung zu unterstützen. Als Ausgangspunkt der Überlegungen werden die Theorien der Ich- und selbstpsychologischen sowie der relationalen psychodynamischen Richtungen dargestellt. Die Selbst- und Identitätsbildung als Suchbewegung von Klienten und Therapeuten steht im Zentrum der Fragestellungen. Die Autorin gibt fundierte und hilfreiche Antworten – in dem Wissen, dass Antworten nie ein für alle Mal gelten und doch zufriedenstellend sein können. Wir transformieren uns fortwährend und können uns letztlich nie auf etwas Eigentliches zurückführen. Fragen aus dem Inhalt: Menschen sagen: „Ich suche mich“, „Ich finde mich“, „Ich erfinde mich neu.“ Wer oder was ist eigentlich dieses Ich, wer oder was ist dieses Mich, und was machen die beiden da, wenn sie sich suchen, finden oder erfinden? Machen die beiden das stets und ständig und beeinflussen sie sich wechselseitig? „Ich kann mich selbst so schwer verstehen?“ Wer oder was ist denn dieses Selbst? Also ist da noch ein Dritter im Bunde, wie immer? In diesem Buch werden Antworten auf diese Fragen gesucht. Die Autorin: Dr. phil. Marie-Luise Althoff ist Analytikerin, Dozentin, Supervisorin und Lehrtherapeutin und diskutiert mit Blick auf Psychotherapie und Supervision die Konzeptualisierung einer Beeinflussung des Ich- und Selbsterlebens.
Mentalizing Power and Powerlessness: Constructive and Destructive Use of Power in Psychotherapy
by Marie-Luise AlthoffIn this book, the author discusses with a view to psychotherapeutic practice how power and the exercise of power can be used in a constructive sense. Spontaneously, people tend to associate the topic of power negatively. They mostly talk about their own powerlessness and the power of "those up there", and very rarely about their own striving for power. It is undisputed that power and the exercise of power, as well as dealing with powerlessness, play an important role in psychotherapy. Nevertheless, the constructive and destructive aspects of power are still too little reflected. Here, there is a mentalization deficit on the part of both psychotherapists and patients. In this book questions are asked and suggestions for practice are developed. Written for psychological psychotherapists, child and adolescent psychotherapists, family therapists, counselors, psychiatrists, physicians, students, and psychotherapists in training.
American Ways, Third Edition: A Cultural Guide To
by Gary Althen Janet BennettWhether you're a businessperson beginning to work in the United States or a foreign student visiting for a semester, American Ways will help you navigate the diverse and changing culture of the United States. From the deep-seated attitudes that mark the American character to customs and everyday activities, Gary Althen and Janet Bennett provide invaluable information on religion, politics, education, and relationships.
Proceedings of the 25th Annual Cognitive Science Society: Part 1 and 2
by Richard Alterman David KirshThis volume features the complete text of the material presented at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. As in previous years, the symposium included an interesting mixture of papers on many topics from researchers with diverse backgrounds and different goals, presenting a multifaceted view of cognitive science. This volume includes all papers, posters, and summaries of symposia presented at the leading conference that brings cognitive scientists together. The theme of this year's conference was the social, cultural, and contextual elements of cognition, including topics on collaboration, cultural learning, distributed cognition, and interaction.
When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences
by Eric AltermanAlterman (English, City U. of New York-Brooklyn College) helps dispel two myths: that US presidents would never lie to the people; and that presidential lying began only with the current occupant of the position. Having a mere 500 pages, he does not go back farther than Franklin D. Roosevelt, and leaves out all the subsequent presidents except Truman, Kennedy, Johnson, Reagan, and of course Bush the second. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Führung an Hochschulen in Konfliktsituationen: Ein Leitfaden zur Konfliktprävention und Krisenintervention für die Praxis (essentials)
by Urs Alter Werner InderbitzinDieses essential gibt Führungskräften an Hochschulen einen praxisorientierten Leitfaden zum Konfliktmanagement und zur Krisenintervention an die Hand. Dabei wird auf das Spezifische von Konflikten an Hochschulen fokussiert, weil die gängige Konfliktliteratur hier nur beschränkt weiterhilft. Leser/innen verstehen die speziellen Treiber von Konflikten in Hochschulen und erhalten konkrete Hinweise für Konfliktprävention und Umgang mit Konflikten. An ausgewählten Konfliktsituationen und -beispielen wird aufgezeigt, wie Führungsverantwortliche in einer Hochschulkultur lösungsorientiert und deeskalierend wirken können.
Teamidentität, Teamentwicklung und Führung: Wir-Gefühl am Arbeitsplatz ermöglichen – das Potenzial des Teams nutzen (essentials)
by Urs AlterDr. Urs Alter veranschaulicht wichtige Zusammenhänge zwischen Teamführung und Arbeitsleistung. Dabei wird deutlich, dass Mitarbeitende ihre Identität auch in der Arbeitsrolle finden müssen, wenn von ihnen Engagement verlangt wird. Der Autor beschreibt, wie Führungskräfte dies ermöglichen können und wie eine Teamidentität geschaffen wird, die als „Wir-Gefühl“ das Verhalten im Team nachhaltig und wirksam prägt. Im Zentrum des Praxisbezugs stehen die Teamentwicklung und die Verankerung von Leitgedanken: Vision, Mission, Wertvorstellungen. Schließlich ermutigt das essentialFührungskräfte, sich mit tiefer gehenden Fragen nach Sinn und Zweck der Arbeit auseinanderzusetzen, wenn sie erfolgreich bleiben wollen.
Teamidentität, Teamentwicklung und Führung: Wir-Gefühl am Arbeitsplatz ermöglichen – das Potenzial des Teams nutzen (essentials)
by Urs AlterDr. Urs Alter veranschaulicht wichtige Zusammenhänge zwischen Teamführung und Arbeitsleistung. Dabei wird deutlich, dass Mitarbeitende ihre Identität auch in der Arbeitsrolle finden müssen, wenn von ihnen Engagement verlangt wird. Der Autor beschreibt, wie Führungskräfte dies ermöglichen können und wie eine Teamidentität geschaffen wird, die als „Wir-Gefühl“ das Verhalten im Team nachhaltig und wirksam prägt. Im Zentrum des Praxisbezugs stehen die Teamentwicklung und die Verankerung von Leitgedanken: Vision, Mission, Wertvorstellungen. Schließlich ermutigt das essentialFührungskräfte, sich mit tiefer gehenden Fragen nach Sinn und Zweck der Arbeit auseinanderzusetzen, wenn sie erfolgreich bleiben wollen. Für die vorliegende zweite Auflage wurde das essential gründlich durchgesehen und auf den aktuellen Forschungsstand gebracht.