Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion: The Wisdom of Psychotherapy

Course overview

Creating a Life of Meaning and Compassion: The Wisdom of Psychotherapy offers a compilation of mature therapeutic insights that are valuable in achieving a better way of living. It describes a unique experiment in applied psychology whereby a group of individuals overcame a wide range of defensive behaviors and transformed their lives. The book documents the knowledge they acquired along the way and offers corrective suggestions that are based on their experiences. Most important, the authors indicate how the insights achieved can be applied by therapists in clinical practice. This book is a comprehensive guide for helping professionals and others people who are interested in personal development, deepening friendships, sustaining intimacy in couple relationships, achieving success in the workplace and developing healthy child-rearing practices. It points out the value of leading a life marked by adventure and recreation, transcendent goals, and spiritual exploration and offers fresh views on the past, present, and future of psychotherapy.