"The Good Story" is an exchange of views between a writer with a longstanding interest in moral psychology and a psychotherapist trained in literary studies. J. M. Coetzee and Arabella Kurtz examine psychotherapy and its broader social context from different perspectives, with the commonality that at the center of both approaches is the concern with stories. The writer, working alone, is responsible for the story he tells. In contrast, the therapist collaborates with the patient in narrating the story of their life. What kind of truth are the stories created by the patient and the therapist trying to reveal: objective truth or the changing and subjective truth of memories explored and relived under the safety of the therapeutic relationship? Drawing from great authors such as Cervantes and Dostoevsky as well as psychoanalysts Freud and Melanie Klein, the authors offer enlightened perspectives on the stories we tell about our lives.
Pages: 208, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm
Manufacturer
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 208
- Publication Date
- 2016
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780099598220
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