Politics of Psychotherapy: New Perspectives

Nick Totton originally trained in Reichian therapy in the early 1980s and since then has worked as a psychotherapist and trainer based in Leeds. He has an M.A. in Psychoanalytic Studies from Leeds Metropolitan University, where he used to teach. His other books published by Open University Press include Personality and Character Types (with Michael Jacobs), Body Psychotherapy and New Dimensions in Body Psychotherapy.

• AcknowledgementsNotes on contributorsIntroduction Part 1: Psychotherapy in the political spherePolitics on the couch? Psychotherapy and society - Some possibilities and some limitationsSocietal trauma: Democracy in dangerConflict, competition and aggression The breast-milk of the inuit mother: A tale of micro and macrocosm, shadow and light Part 2: Political dimensions of psychotherapy practiceThe politics of sexuality, gender and object choice in therapyWorking with difference: The political context of psychotherapy with an intersubjective dialogue Power in the therapeutic relationship Part 3: Psychotherapy, the state and institutions Values, ethics and the law: A story with some morals The institutions of psychotherapy Politics and psychotherapy in the context of healthcare Part 4: Working at the interface: Psychotherapy in political action Transforming conflict into community: Post-war reconciliation in Croatia Israeli psychotherapists and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict The Bridge Project: Radical psychotherapy for the 21st Century How to create social activism: Turning the passive to active without killing each other Index.