Elaine N. Aron (in private practice, California, USA)

Psychotherapy and the Highly Sensitive Person

Improving Outcomes for That Minority of People Who Are the Majority of Clients

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Defines the term 'highly sensitive' for the professional researcher and practitioner. This book dispels common misconceptions about the relationship between sensitivity and other personality traits, such as introversion and shyness, and also defines the trait for the benefit of both the clinician and patient.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 432g
• ISBN-13: 9780415800747
• ISBN-10: 0415800749
• Artikelnr.: 29600256

Autorenporträt

Elaine Aron, PhD, has published numerous articles in academic journals on the highly sensitive person, including surveys, laboratory experiments, and neuroimaging studies. Her writings on other topics include books, chapters, and journal articles on close relationships as well as co-authoring a statistics textbook. Her writing for the general public includes the best selling Highly Sensitive Person, The Highly Sensitive Child, and The Undervalued Self. Dr. Aron maintains a psychotherapy practice in the San Francisco Bay Area, teaches public and professional workshops, and continues her research on the trait of sensitivity.

Inhaltsangabe

Evidence for the Basic Innate Trait Being Sensitivity, and How it Relates
to Vulnerability, Shyness, Introversion, and Proneness to Negative Affect.
Assessing High Sensitivity. Distinguishing Sensitivity from Disorder.
Recognizing and Addressing Five Almost Inevitable Problems. Adapting the
Psychotherapy Process. High Sensitivity and Diversity - Ethnicity and
Gender Issues. The Highly Sensitive in Close Relationships. Finding
Meaningful Work and a Comfortable Work Place. Specific Treatment Approaches
and Specific Clinical Problems. The Role of the Temperament of the
Psychotherapist.