{"title":"Salman Akhtar","description":"\u003cp\u003eSalman Akhtar’s works delve deeply into the intricacies of the human mind, exploring themes of grief, resilience, and the silent strengths that shape our inner lives. His writing bridges philosophy and psychology, offering profound insights into emotional and psychological experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful reflections and nuanced perspectives that illuminate the complexities of sorrow and virtue. Akhtar’s contemplative style invites engagement with the subtle forces that influence our mental and emotional wellbeing.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-web-of-sorrow-by-salman-akhtar-9781782205661","title":"A Web of Sorrow","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBringing together the experiences of mistrust, jealousy, lack of love, shamelessness, regret, and despair, this far-reaching book elucidates human sorrow in striking sociocultural and clinical details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Web of Sorrow\u003c\/em\u003e by Salman Akhtar dives deeply into these themes, offering insight and understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605105557740,"sku":"9781782205661","price":65.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781782205661-a-web-of-sorrow.jpg?v=1778123077"},{"product_id":"silent-virtues-by-salman-akhtar-9781138332157","title":"Silent Virtues","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilent Virtues\u003c\/em\u003e addresses six areas of mental functioning: patience, curiosity, privacy, intimacy, humility, and dignity. Each area is elucidated with the help of clinical, literary, and cultural material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book introduces a series of novel ideas, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(i)\u003c\/i\u003e The distinction between patience as a component of the therapeutic attitude and the exercise of patience as a specific technical intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(ii)\u003c\/i\u003e The description of the five psychopathological syndromes involving curiosity: excessive, deficient, uneven, anachronistic, instinctualized, and false curiosity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(iii)\u003c\/i\u003e The description of four psychopathological syndromes (failed, florid, fluctuating, and false) involving intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(iv)\u003c\/i\u003e The discourse on the importance of humility in selecting patients and in deciding upon the longevity of our professional careers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e(v)\u003c\/i\u003e The description of three forms of dignity (metaphysical, existential, and characterological) and the various ways in which they affect psychoanalytic technique.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47607722246380,"sku":"9781138332157","price":306.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781138332157-silent-virtues.jpg?v=1778172060"},{"product_id":"turning-points-in-dynamic-psychotherapy-by-salman-akhtar-9781855756816","title":"Turning Points in Dynamic Psychotherapy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePutting aside the narcissistic-masochistic aspiration of authoring a text on all the intricacies of in-depth psychotherapy, I have chosen to address five areas of difficulty in this enterprise. This relatively restricted focus has made it possible to tackle matters in their true complexity and intrigue. The loss of breadth is thus compensated by the gain in depth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe areas I have chosen to explicate pertain to initial assessment, boundaries, money, disruptions, and suicidal crises. Over three decades of clinical experience has taught me that most problems in the course of dynamic psychotherapy involve these areas; their proper understanding and management is key to productive therapeutic work. Each chapter of this compact book tackles one of these areas in detail, outlining not only the conceptual issues at hand but also the technical strategies that emanate from them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile theoretical grounding does serve as a preamble for delineation of its technical strategies, the book is replete with clinical vignettes and explicatory comments that illustrate the interventions I am proposing as useful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe final tendency involves the fact that the book is not intended to break fresh ground in any sort of dramatic manner; it is aimed to introduce the younger generation of therapists to ways of thinking and working that I, and many others like me, have found clinically useful. I have written it in the hope that some patients of the younger colleagues and students who read it might end up receiving better care as a result. My fervent scribbling is nothing but a therapeutic intervention, even though made indirectly and through the changed attention and voice of other therapists towards their patients. 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