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Psychotherapy in an Age of Narcissism

Modernity, Science, and Society

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  • © 2013

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  1. Joel Paris

    1. McGill University, Canada

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. The World of Psychotherapy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Birth of Psychotherapy

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 3-13

    3. Schools of Psychotherapy

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 14-22

    4. Science and Psychotherapy

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 23-40

    5. Why People Seek Psychotherapy

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 41-53

  3. Modernity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Modernity and Psychotherapy

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 57-70

    3. Narcissism: Individual and Cultural

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 71-85

    4. Therapy Culture

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 86-100

  4. Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Sustaining the Family

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 103-123

    3. Building Social Networks

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 124-132

    4. Practicing Psychotherapy in a Social Context

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 133-142

    5. The Future of Psychotherapy

      • Joel Paris
      Pages 143-149

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 150-171
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About this book

Adopting a friendly but critical approach to the talking therapies, this book places psychotherapy in a social and historical context, exploring its relationship to contemporary culture and recommending a different way of thinking about practice.

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"Joel Paris has written an erudite, intelligent, thoroughly researched work on the benefits of brief evidence-based psychotherapy in this epoch of disintegrating family and community ties." - Ira Steinman, American Journal of Psychiatry

Authors and Affiliations

  • McGill University, Canada

    Joel Paris

About the author

JOEL PARIS has been a member of the McGill psychiatry department since 1972, is a full Professor, and served as Department Chair from 1997 to 2007. Dr. Paris is currently a Research Associate at the SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, and heads personality clinics at two hospitals. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Dr. Paris' research interest is in personality disorders. He has 175 peer-reviewed articles, and is the author of 12 books and 38 book chapters. He is an educator who has supervised psychiatric evaluation with residents for 40 years, and who has won awards for his teaching.

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