Intimacy and Alienation: Memory, Trauma and Personal Being — Paperback

When the Self Is Disrupted, Healing Begins With Understanding.

At the heart of every patient's struggle lies a disruption of the self — a fracture in the continuity of personal being caused by trauma, loss, or relational injury. Intimacy and Alienation: Memory, Trauma and Personal Being by Russell Meares, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney, offers a groundbreaking paradigm for psychotherapy and counselling built on this foundational insight.

Drawing on self psychology, attachment theory, and trauma research, Meares explores the nature of the self and how it develops — then examines what happens when that self is disrupted in traumatic ways, and how the therapeutic relationship can restore it. Richly illustrated with clinical examples and written in an accessible style, this is a landmark text for anyone working in the healing professions.

What This Book Covers

• A unique paradigm for psychotherapy grounded in the concept of self-disruption
• The nature of self and how it develops across the lifespan
• The form and feeling of traumatic experience — how trauma fractures personal being
• Pathways toward the restoration of self through therapeutic relationship
• Integration of self psychology, attachment therapy, and trauma theory into a coherent clinical framework
• Rich clinical illustrations that bring theory to life in practice

Who This Book Is For

Psychotherapists, counsellors, social workers, psychiatrists, and students of mental health — as well as thoughtful lay readers seeking a deeper understanding of trauma, memory, and the self.

Book Details

• Author: Russell Meares
• Foreword by: Thomas Ogden
• Pages: 208
• Format: Paperback
• Dimensions: 6.38 x 9.46 x 0.61 IN
• Publication Date: October 18, 2001
• ISBN/Barcode: 9780415220316

Knowledge for the mind. Grace for the soul.