Inner Strengths

<p><i>Inner Strengths</i> is the first book to meet the need for a comprehensive treatment of approaches to ego-strengthening in psychotherapy. It provides a historical breakthrough in the history of ego-strengthening education and explores contemporary psychodynamic object relations self-psychology ego state and transpersonal theoretical models for understanding how and why ego-strengthening occurs.</p><p>Written by two experienced psychotherapists who were active in developing the newer projective-evocative ego-strengthening techniques this book emphasizes the utilization of patients' inner resources. They survey the history of ego-strengthening efforts and show how that which has been considered intrinsically hypnotic connects with the great traditions of psychotherapy. Additionally they offer step-by-step instructions for a diversity of ego-strengthening methods that can be used for patient self-care internal boundary formation and personality maturation in a wide range of clinical conditions. Their discussion of the fundamental concepts of ego-strengthening draws on their theoretical and clinical explorations of dynamic internal resources such as memory strength wisdom self-soothing and love.</p><p>Throughout the book theory is balanced by an unusual richness of extended clinical examples and a wide variety of practical ego-strengthening scripts. This classic edition is essential reading for seasoned clinicians of hypnosis and beginners alike.</p>