Embodied enquiry: phenomenological touchstones for research, psychotherapy and spirituality

Drawing on a particular emphasis within the phenomenological tradition as exemplified by Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Eugene Gendlin, this book considers the role of the lived body as a way of knowing and being within three practical contexts that illustrate some of the nuances of embodied enquiry: qualitative research, psychotherapy, spirituality. LES TODRES is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Qualitative Research at Bournemouth University, UK. His previous occupational roles have includedhead of a student counselling service and director of a clinical psychology training programme. His career spans both academic and clinical contexts, reflecting his interest in pursuing knowledge and practice that is both academically and professionally integrated. INDICE: List of Tables - Foreword - Preface and Acknowledgements - Publication Acknowledgements - Introduction: An Embodied Path at Beginning and End - PART I: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: TOWARDS AESTHETIC AND EMBODIED PRACTICES - The Qualitative Description of Human Experience: The Aesthetic Dimension - The Meaning of Understanding and the Open Body: Some Implications for Qualitative Research - The Bodily Complexity of Truth-Telling in Qualitative Research - Writing Phenomenological-Psychological Descriptions: An Illustration Attempting to Balance Texture and Structure - PART II: PSYCHOTHERAPY: EMBODYING COMPLEX IDENTITY - Humanising Forces: Phenomenology in Science; Psychotherapy in Technological Culture - The Rhythm of Psychotherapeutic Attention: A Training Model - The Primacy of Phenomenological Process and Sequence in Psychotherapy: A Case Study - Globalisation and the Complexity of Self: The Relevance of Psychotherapy- Freedom-Wound: Towards the Embodiment of Human Openness in Psychotherapy - PART III: SPIRITUALITY: EMBODYING FREEDOM AND VULNERABILITY - Psychological and Spiritual Freedoms: Reflections Inspired by Heidegger - How Does Liberating Self-Insight Become Tacit Understanding? - The Wound that Connects: A Consideration of 'Narcissism' and the Creation of Soulful Space - Embracing Ambiguity:Transpersonal Development and the Phenomenological Tradition - Concluding Thoughts and Touchstones: A Wide Embrace - Notes - References - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-30230-3
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés