Thinking and Psychotherapy: An Inquiry into the Processes of Communication

Harley C. Shands

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Thinking and Psychotherapy

An Inquiry into the Processes of Communication

Harley C. Shands

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1960

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Foreword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Part One. Toward a Physiological Theory of Communication
I. Continuity Physiology, Sociology, Psychiatry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
II. The Nervous System The Internal Instrument Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
III. Language The External Instrument Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
IV. Thinking as a Mechanism of Adaptation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
V. Thinking as a Skill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
VI. General Features of Skilled Action Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
VII. Τhe Necessary Condition for Thinking An Intact Nervous System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
VIII. The Sufficient Condition for Thinking A Social System Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
IX. The Creative Condition for Thinking An Ability to Synthesize Patterns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Part Two. Implications for Psychotherapy
X. Psychotherapy and Modern Science Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
XI. Epistemological Aspects of Psychotherapy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	214
XII. Thinking and Implications for Psychotherapy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	226
XIII. Interpretative Psychotherapy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	242
XIV. Structure of the Psychotherapeutic Situation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307

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October 1, 2013

eBook ISBN:

9780674421684

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February 5, 1960

Hardcover ISBN:

9780674421660

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Reprint 2014

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16

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319

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674421684

eBook ISBN: 9780674421684

Hardcover ISBN: 9780674421660

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Thought and thinking.; Psychotherapy.; Psychophysiology.

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