Curing the Dread of Death: Theory, Research and Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1925644111 ISBN 13: 9781925644111

Verlag: Australian Academic Press, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

The dread of death has appeared throughout recorded human history in art, literature, song, myth, and ritual. In both ancient and modern societies, the spectre of death has always been with us, stalking the terrified living who seek to avoid its inevitable arrival. Our attempts to respond to the finitude of life range from ancient burial customs such as mummification to computerised chatbots which imitate the personality of those who have departed.Such efforts speak to the uniqueness of humans in their awareness of their own mortality.Yet death is not to be feared. Indeed, it may hold the key to living a vital, authentic life. The many authors of this volume argue persuasively that we cannot live fully without complete acceptance of the fragility and finiteness of life. This unique book explores the dread of death and its management from a wide range of perspectives with researchers and writers from a variety of cultures, academic traditions and disciplines across the globe. The fields covered are broad including palliative care and grief, psychodynamic theory, social, developmental and clinical psychology, sociology and anthropology, counselling practice as well as history, art, and philosophy.Not only is this book a fascinating journey into the very core of the human psyche, it is also a guide to our psychological health. The challenge we all face is to discover pathways to an acceptance of death that enables a life of significance and meaning.Read, learn, and explore what an examination of the dread of death can bring to one s life.

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Professor Ross Menzies completed his undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees in psychology at the University of NSW. He is currently Professor of Psychology in the Graduate School of Health, University of Technology Sydney (UTS). In 1991, he was appointed founding Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the University of Sydney, a post which he held for over 20 years. He is the past New South Wales President, and twice National President, of the Australian Association for Cognitive and Behaviour Therapy (AACBT). He is the editor of Australia's national CBT journal, Behaviour Change, and has trained psychologists, psychiatrists and allied health workers in CBT around the globe.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Australian Academic Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1925644111
• ISBN 13: 9781925644111
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 274
• Herausgeber: Menzies Rachel E.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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