Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy: From Paradox to Wonder

by J. Heaton

Overview

Using the work of Wittgenstein, John Heaton challenges the notion of theoretical expertise on the mind, arguing for a new understanding of therapy as an attempt by patients to express themselves in an effort to see and say what has not been said or seen, and accept that the world is not as fixed as they are constituting it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137367686
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	06/11/2014
Edition description:	2014
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

John Heaton is a private practice psychotherapist and teaches regularly at Regent's University London and the Philadelphia Association, London, UK. He trained in medicine, psychology and philosophy at the University of Cambridge, UK, and specialized in ophthalmology for 10 years. After becoming interested in visual experience, he trained in psychotherapy. He is a founder member of the Guild of Psychotherapy and was editor of the Journal for Existential Analysis for seven years.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Paradoxes 3. Scientism 4. Logic and Meaning 5. Initiate Learning 6. The Self and I 7. Trust and Wonder