Control Therapy: An Integrated Approach To Psychotherapy, Health, And Healing (Wiley Series On Personality Processes)

Control Therapy: An Integrated Approach to Psychotherapy, Health, and Healing (Wiley Series on Personality Processes)

Nothing is as basic to human dignity and emotional well-being asa sense of control over one's life. Little is as baneful to theintegrity of the individual psyche, the quality of interpersonalrelationships, or the fabric of a free society as the sense of lossof control—except, perhaps, an irrational and unceasing fearof losing it. From cradle to grave, fundamental control issuesshape our personalities, determine how we interact with oneanother, inform virtually all our important choices, and evenprovide the themes of many of our most memorable dreams. And, asDeane H. Shapiro and John Astin aver in this groundbreaking book,helping clients achieve a more balanced and realistic sense ofcontrol is, ultimately, what every psychotherapeutic endeavor isall about.